Managing the ear as a donor site for composite graft in nasal reconstruction: Update on technical refinements and donor site morbidity in 110 cases

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-175

  Haug, Martin D ^a   Rieger, Ulrich M ^a   Witt, Paulina ^a   Gubisch, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MARIENHOSPITAL STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auricle; Composite graft; Donor site morbidity; Ear; Nose; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE GRAFT; DONOR SITE; EAR SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249150722     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318189a9c4     Document Type: Article

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