Surgical gem: inverted contralateral ear digital photograph as a template during earlobe keloid reconstruction.

Dermatol Surg

Division of Dermatologic Surgery, Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Published: February 2010

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