Partial necrosis of expanding postauricular flaps during auricle reconstruction: Risk factors and effective management

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1759-1766

  Jing, Chen ^a   Hong Xing, Zhuang ^b  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; EXTERNAL EAR MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROTIA; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB CARTILAGE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TISSUE EXPANSION; ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

ABNORMALITIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; EAR CARTILAGES; EAR DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NECROSIS; PROBABILITY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 34247358733     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000259092.58025.89     Document Type: Article

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