Reconstruction of the lower lip: Rationale to preserve the aesthetic units of the face

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1231-1239

  Roldán, J Camilo ^a   Teschke, Marcus ^b   Fritzer, Elfriede ^b   Dunsche, Anton ^b   Härle, Franz ^b   Wiltfang, Jörg ^b   Terheyden, Hendrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIP CANCER; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; LOWER LIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEILITIS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIP NEOPLASMS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 34848874868     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000279147.73273.e9     Document Type: Article

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