Delayed healing human bite wounds of the orofacial area managed with immediate primary closure: Treatment rationale

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1391-1397

  Baurmash, Harold D ^a,b   Monto, Michael ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; HYALURONIDASE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BITE WOUND; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIP DISEASE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOWER LIP; MALE; MOUTH LESION; NEGRO; ORAL SURGERY; ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BITES, HUMAN; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; IRRIGATION; LACERATIONS; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUPPURATION; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TONGUE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 23944489371     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2005.05.165     Document Type: Article

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