Medicinal leech therapy for venous congested flaps: Case series and review of the literature

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Zhao, Xiao ^a   Higgins, Kevin M ^b   Enepekides, Danny ^b   Farwell, Greg ^c  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BONE CANCER; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOSITE SKIN GRAFT; ETHMOID BONE; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT PERFUSION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LEECHING; MALE; OSTEOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VENOUS CONGESTION;

AGED; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LEECHES; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849124762     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2009.080159     Document Type: Article

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