Use of negative pressure dressings in head and neck reconstruction

Head and Neck

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 970-975

  Rosenthal, Eben L ^a   Blackwell, Keith E ^b   McGrew, Benjamin ^a   Carroll, William R ^a   Peters, Glenn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fistula; Head and neck cancer; Head and neck reconstruction; Microvascular reconstruction; Negative pressure dressings; Otolaryngology; Wound care; Wound complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FISTULA; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TENDON; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

BANDAGES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 27644473319     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20265     Document Type: Article

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