Clinical case-study describing the use of skin-perichondrium-cartilage graft from the auricular concha to cover large defects of the nose

Head and Face Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Inchingolo, Francesco ^a,c   Tatullo, Marco ^a,c,f   Marrelli, Massimo ^c,f   Inchingolo, Alessio D ^a   Corelli, Roberto ^d   Inchingolo, Angelo M ^e   Dipalma, Gianna ^c   Abenavoli, Fabio M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Unit of Maxillofacial Surgery   (Italy)

^d GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Tecnologica Research Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; EAR CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOSE SEPTUM; NOSE TUMOR; PLASTIC SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; EAR CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NASAL SEPTUM; NOSE NEOPLASMS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84858311201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1746160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-160X-8-10     Document Type: Article

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