Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages 1269-1274 , August 2010

Surgical repair of transverse facial cleft: Oblique vermilion–mucosa incision

Received 4 March 2009 ,Accepted 19 July 2009.

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☆ Presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, in Tokyo, Japan, 8 November 2007.

PII: S1748-6815(09)00553-1

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.07.024

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages 1269-1274 , August 2010

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