Improvement of the radial forearm donor site by compression with hydrocolloid dressing and adhesive sponge

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 204-208

  Motomura, Hisashi ^a   Ohba, Norihiro ^a   Ohashi, Natsuko ^a   Harada, Teruichi ^a   Muraoka, Michinari ^a   Iguchi, Hiroyoshi ^a   Kusuki, Makoto ^a   Yamane, Hideo ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aftercare; Deformity; Free flap; Head and neck cancer; Moisture; Reconstruction; Skin graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR; DONOR SITE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCOLLOID; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH TUMOR; OROPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; AGED; BANDAGES, HYDROCOLLOID; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31544451321     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480500388968     Document Type: Article

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