Totally avulsed ear: new technique of immediate ear reconstruction

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Saad Ibrahim, Saad Mohamed ^a   Zidan, Ahmed ^a   Madani, Shrief ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Conclusion: simple and one stage technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CASE REPORT; EAR CARTILAGE; EAR INJURY; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; EAR CARTILAGE; EAR, EXTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649116977     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.08.075     Document Type: Article

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