The Vacuum-Assisted Closure in Treating Craniofacial Wounds

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 935-942

  Byrnside, Valerie ^a   Glasgow, Mark ^a   Gurunluoglu, Raffi ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL WOUND; DEBRIDEMENT; FACE EDEMA; FACE ERYTHEMA; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; GASTROSTOMY; GRANULATION TISSUE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NERVE INJURY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUBLICATION; SEPSIS; TISSUE CULTURE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACIAL INJURIES; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 77949513711     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2009.09.113     Document Type: Article

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