Current opinion on auricular reconstruction

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 287-290

  Sivayoham, Eason ^a   Woolford, Tim J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

auricular reconstruction; autogenous cartilage; porous polyethylene

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; POLYURETHAN;

DONOR SITE; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; GLASGOW BENEFIT INDEX; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; REVIEW; RIB CARTILAGE; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPOROPARIETAL FASCIAL FLAP; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARTILAGE; CHILD; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EAR; ESTHETICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYETHYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84863826181     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328355b1d9     Document Type: Review

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