Health-related quality of life, patient benefit, and clinical outcome after otoplasty using suture techniques in 62 children and adults

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2115-2124

  Braun, Thomas ^a   Hainzinger, Thomas ^a   Stelter, Klaus ^a   Krause, Eike ^a   Berghaus, Alexander ^a   Hempel, John Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUTURING METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; EAR, EXTERNAL; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEX FACTORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650065906     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181f449c7     Document Type: Article

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