Intraoperative expansion of skin around large congenital naevi with Foley catheter balloons: 11 new cases

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 273-278

  Alfaro, Antonio ^a   García, Sonia Sanz ^a   Arenas, Daniel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CENTRAL DE LA CRUZ ROJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foley balloon catheter; Intraoperative expansion; Limb defects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL NEVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN EXPANSION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SCAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036436023     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028443102320791815     Document Type: Article

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