The wound amylase concentration in the prediction of pharyngocutaneous fistula

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 414-416

  Aydoǧan, L Barlas ^a   Kiroǧlu, Mete ^b   Tuncer, Ulku ^b   Soylu, Levent ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS FISTULA; PHARYNGOCUTANEOUS FISTULA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKIN FISTULA; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0141923706     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(03)00714-9     Document Type: Article

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