Removal of the outer table of the skull for reconstruction of full-thickness scalp defects with a dermal regeneration template

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-363

  Koenen, Wolfgang ^a   Goerdt, Sergij ^a   Faulhaber, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLEEDING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HISTIOCYTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; OPERATION DURATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKIN CANCER; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKULL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; SKULL; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 39849100093     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.34069.x     Document Type: Article

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