Question mark ear deformity: A combined method for correction

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 646-649

  Posso, Carolina M ^a   Wolff, Germán A ^a   Suarez, Luis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Congenital web neck; Secondary surgical correction; Severe case

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY;

CHILD; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 80054683780     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-010-9619-2     Document Type: Article

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