title: Timing ear reconstruction by biomechanical properties of the rib cartilage: is childhood the best operative time?
authors: Plastic Surgery Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors: Qing-Hua
authors: QH
authors: Yang
authors: Yu-Peng
authors: YP
authors: Song
authors: Hai-Yue
authors: HY
authors: Jiang
authors: Le-Ren
authors: LR
authors: He
authors: Shu-Jie
authors: SJ
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D054644:Ear Auricle / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012272:Ribs / Q000601:surgery*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013718:Tensile Strength; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult