Advances in the treatment of microtia

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 412-422

  Tollefson, Travis T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aural atresia; Auricular prosthetics; Congenital ear deformity; Costal cartilage graft; Medpor; Microtia; Oculo auriculo vertebral spectrum

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ALLOGRAFT; ATRESIA; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MICROTIA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; RIB CARTILAGE; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN TRANSPOSITION FLAP; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EAR, EXTERNAL; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33750937609     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328010633a     Document Type: Review

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