Patient satisfaction and aesthetic outcomes after ear reconstruction with a Branemark-type, bone-anchored, ear prosthesis: A 16 year review

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1650-1655

  Younis, Ibby ^a   Gault, David ^b   Sabbagh, Walid ^a   Kang, Norbert V ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b The Northwood Orthopaedic Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branemark; Ear; Osseointegration; Prosthesis; Reconstruction; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE ANCHOR; UNITED KINGDOM; DEVICES; EAR SURGERY; ESTHETICS; EXTERNAL EAR; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EAR, EXTERNAL; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE ANCHORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956659844     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.10.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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