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A novel technique in full thickness lower eyelid reconstruction: the pedicled reverse-flow chondrocutaneous superior helix flap

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  1. Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Section, Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    Vigneswaran Nallathamby

  2. Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119074, Singapore, Singapore

    J Lim, W C Ong, Y L Yap, H J Lee, M S Yeo & T C Lim

  3. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    I Koshima

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Nallathamby, V., Lim, J., Ong, W.C. et al. A novel technique in full thickness lower eyelid reconstruction: the pedicled reverse-flow chondrocutaneous superior helix flap. Eur J Plast Surg 35, 469–474 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-011-0625-7

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