Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 612-617 , August 2010

The lip-splitting mandibulotomy: Aesthetic and functional outcomes

  • Peter T. Dziegielewski

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 1E4 University of Alberta Hospital, 8440-112 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7
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  • Daniel A. O’Connell

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 1E4 University of Alberta Hospital, 8440-112 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7
    • ,
  • Jana Rieger

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine, 1W-03 Misericordia Community Hospital, 16940 – 87 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5R-4H5
    • ,
  • Jeffrey R. Harris

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 1E4 University of Alberta Hospital, 8440-112 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7
    • ,
  • Hadi Seikaly

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 1E4 University of Alberta Hospital, 8440-112 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 1E4 University of Alberta Hospital, 1E4 Walter C Mackenzie Centre, 8440-112 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7. Tel.: +1 780 407 3818; fax: +1 780 407 6059.

Received 10 April 2010 ,Revised 12 May 2010 ,Accepted 25 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.05.006

Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 612-617 , August 2010

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