Use of gelatin sponges in Mohs micrographic surgery defects and staged melanoma excisions: A novel approach to secondary wound healing

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-73

  Rullan, Peter P ^a   Vallbona, Carlos ^a   Rullan, Jennifer M ^a   Mansbridge, Jonathan N ^b   Morhenn, Vera B ^b  

^a Dermatology Institute Chula Vista   (United States)

^b Tecellact LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATIN SPONGE; GELFOAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CELLULITIS; CHEMOSURGERY; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MOHS MICROGRAPHIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 80052975052     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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