The Incidences of Chondritis and Perichondritis Associated with the Surgical Manipulation of Auricular Cartilage

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-62

  Kaplan, Andrew L ^a   Cook, Jonathan L ^a   Ratner, Desiree ^b   Gloster, Hugh ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Box 3915 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHEMOSURGERY; CHONDRITIS; CHONDROPATHY; DONOR SITE; EAR CARTILAGE; FEMALE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICHONDRITIS; PERICHONDRIUM; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARTILAGE DISEASES; EAR CARTILAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0842289971     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30005.x     Document Type: Article

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