External Tissue Expansion Successfully Achieved Using Negative Pressure

Surgery Today

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-196

  Lasheen, Ahmed E ^a   Salim, Aiman ^a   Hefny, Mohamad R ^a   Al Bakly, Esam ^a  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

External; Negative pressure; Tissue expansion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BURN CONTRACTURE; BURN SCAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; ECCHYMOSIS; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE EXPANSION; VALVE; WOUND CLOSURE; Z PLASTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; CICATRIX; CONTRACTURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 0442291866     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-003-2667-3     Document Type: Article

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