Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages 431-439 , March 2010

Oral commissure reconstruction with orbicularis oris elastic musculomucosal flaps

  • E. Robotti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy
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  • B. Righi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +393487448504; fax: +39035266822.
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  • M. Carminati

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy
    • ,
  • L. Ortelli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy
    • ,
  • P.P. Bonfirraro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy
    • ,
  • L. Devalle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy
    • ,
  • M.A. Bocchiotti

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery Institute, Ospedale S. Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy

Received 18 August 2008 ,Accepted 9 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.11.082

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages 431-439 , March 2010

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