Epidermal overgrafting improves coloration in remote flaps and grafts applied to the face for reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1606-1613

  Walton, Robert L ^a   Cohn, Alvin B ^a   Beahm, Elisabeth K ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE SURGERY; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCALP; SKIN COLOR; SKIN FLAP; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFTWARE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 43149111802     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31816aa040     Document Type: Review

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