Treatment of soft tissue defects with exposed bone in the head and face region with alginates and hydrocolloid dressings

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1126-1130

  Wiltfang, Joerg ^a   Kessler, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; MALE; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036788314     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/joms.2002.34979     Document Type: Article

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