Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages e380-e383 , April 2010

Successful re-plantation of an amputated nasal segment by supermicrosurgery: A case report and review of the literature

  • Sukwha Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Hoijoon Jeong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Tae Hyun Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Seoul National University Children Hospital, 101 Daehang-ro Jongno-gu Seoul 110-744 Republic of Korea. Tel.: 82 2 2072 1978; fax: 82 2 766 5829.
    • ,
  • Jun Sik Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea

Received 14 July 2009 ,Accepted 13 October 2009.

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☆ Sukwha Kim and Hoijoon Jeong contributed equally to this paper as first authors.

PII: S1748-6815(09)00737-2

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.10.012

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages e380-e383 , April 2010

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