Management of the radial forearm free flap donor site with the Vacuum-Assisted Closure (VAC) system

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1918-1922

  Andrews, Brian T ^a   Smith, Russell B ^a   Chang, Kristi E ^a   Scharpf, Joseph ^a   Goldstein, David P ^a   Funk, Gerry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolster dressing; Radial forearm free flap donor site; Split thickness skin graft; Topical negative pressure dressing; VAC; Vacuum assisted closure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; FREE SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENDON; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; RADIUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33749427872     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000235935.07261.98     Document Type: Review

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