Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 12 , Pages 2001-2003 , December 2010

The bacteriology of children prior to 1st stage autologous ear reconstruction

  • Karen A. Eley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Headley Way, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +44 01865 743108.
    • Department of Plastic Surgery, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
    • ,
  • David T. Gault

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London WC1N 1JH, UK
    • Plastic Surgeon, The Portland Hospital, UK.

Received 5 November 2009 ,Accepted 14 January 2010.

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PII: S1748-6815(10)00033-1

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.01.009

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 12 , Pages 2001-2003 , December 2010

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