Smoking increases facial skin flap complications

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 108, Issue 2 I, 1999, Pages 139-142

  Kinsella, John B ^a,b   Rassekh, Christopher H ^a   Hokanson, James A ^a   Wassmuth, Zachary D ^a   Calhoun, Karen H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial skin flaps; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CYANOSIS; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEROMA; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FLAP; SMOKING;

EID: 0033018426     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949910800206     Document Type: Article

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