Vacuum-assisted closure for wound dehiscence in head and neck reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Tanna, Neil ^a   Clary, Matthew S ^a   Conrad, David E ^b   Lenert, Joanne ^a   Sadeghi, Nader ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; OPEN FRACTURE; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN GRAFT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION; ARTICLE; FIBULA; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FIBULA; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 60549117098     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318194d215     Document Type: Letter

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