Donor site morbidity of the posterior conchal region

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 960-964

  Erba, Paolo ^a,b   Wettstein, Reto ^b,c   D'Arpa, Salvatore ^d   Kalbermatten, Daniel F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; EAR CARTILAGE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; KELOID; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTERIOR CONCHAL REGION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN GRAFT; SLEEP; SPECTACLES; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINATES;

EID: 66449106328     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01163.x     Document Type: Article

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