Laissez-faire: How far can you go?

Orbit

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-15

  DaCosta, Joanna ^a,b   Oworu, O ^a   Jones, Carole A ^a  

^a MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eyelid; Laissez faire; Tumors; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; CHEEK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECTROPION; EXTERNAL CANTHUS; EYE; EYE SURGERY; EYE TUMOR; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CANTHUS; LAISSEZ FAIRE; LOWER EYELID; MALE; ORBIT DISEASE; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EYELID; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EYELID NEOPLASMS; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61449221234     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: 17445108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01676830802417510     Document Type: Article

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