A comparative study of scalpel and surgical diathermy incision in elective operations of head and neck cancer

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 216-219

  Kumar, V ^a   Tewari, M ^a   Shukla, H S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Scalpel and diathermy; wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATHERMY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALPEL; SKIN INCISION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCAR; SKIN; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CICATRIX; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855723535     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.82904     Document Type: Article

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