Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages 1283-1288 , August 2010

Surgical management of polyotia

  • Bo Pan

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery Hospital, Peking union medical college, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
    • ,
  • Shuyan Qie

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitated Hospital of Beijing, Beijing, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Yanyong Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery Hospital, Peking union medical college, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
    • ,
  • Xiaojun Tang

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery Hospital, Peking union medical college, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
    • ,
  • Lin Lin

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery Hospital, Peking union medical college, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
    • ,
  • Qinghua Yang

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery Hospital, Peking union medical college, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
    • ,
  • Hongxing Zhuang

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery Hospital, Peking union medical college, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
    • ,
  • Haiyue Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery Hospital, Peking union medical college, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 24 November 2008 ,Accepted 26 June 2009.

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PII: S1748-6815(09)00503-8

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.06.037

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages 1283-1288 , August 2010

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