Primary and secondary procedures in functional and aesthetic reconstruction of noma-associated complex central facial defects

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 134-143

  Giessler, Goetz A ^a   Cornelius, C Peter ^b   Suominen, Sinikka ^b   Borsche, André ^b   Fieger, Alexander J ^b   Schmidt, Andreas B ^b   Fischer, Helmut ^b  

^a Burn Center BG Trauma Center   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CHILD; DONOR SITE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOREHEAD FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA; NOSE; PARASCAPULAR FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PLIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; STOMATITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UPPER LIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; NOMA; NOSE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34250720492     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000263657.49956.8d     Document Type: Article

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