Treatment of an Ear Laceration With Adjunctive Leech Therapy: A Case Report

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2112-2114

  Hullett, Jason S ^a   Spinnato, Gaetano G ^a   Ziccardi, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CASE REPORT; EAR INJURY; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; LACERATION; LEECH; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS CONGESTION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; EAR, EXTERNAL; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LACERATIONS; LEECHES; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPLANTATION;

EID: 34548608156     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.09.017     Document Type: Article

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