Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages e248-e252 , March 2010

One-stage vermilion switch flap procedure for the correction of thin lips in patients with bilateral cleft lips

  • Tomoki Oyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, 1-1-1 Takakuradai Suma-ku, Kobe, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 78 732 6961; fax: +81 78 735 0910.
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  • Yuki Yoshimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, 1-1-1 Takakuradai Suma-ku, Kobe, Japan
    • ,
  • Motohiro Onoda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, 1-1-1 Takakuradai Suma-ku, Kobe, Japan
    • ,
  • Ko Hosokawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka Suitaa-city, Osaka, Japan

Received 19 February 2009 ,Accepted 2 June 2009.

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PII: S1748-6815(09)00446-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.06.004

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages e248-e252 , March 2010

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