Simple approach to the radiated scalp wound using INTEGRA skin substitute

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 315-320

  Gonyon Jr , Denis L ^a   Zenn, Michael R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN 6 SULFATE; COLLAGEN; SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSURGERY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION INJURY; SCALP TUMOR; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIODERMATITIS; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037338070     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000046788.45508.A3     Document Type: Article

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