Healing time of radial forearm free flap donor sites after preoperative tissue expansion: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Bonaparte, James P ^a   Corsten, Martin J ^a   Allen, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Otolaryngology; Reconstructive surgical procedures; Surgical flaps; Tissue expansion; Tissue expansion devices

Indexed keywords

HYDROMORPHONE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GAUZE DRESSING; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; RADIUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE EXPANSION; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WRIST;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79954561695     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2010.100077     Document Type: Article

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