Massive flap donor sites and the role of negative pressure wound therapy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1049-1053

  Schmedes, Gregg W ^a   Banks, Caroline A ^a   Malin, Barry T ^a   Srinivas, Pamela B ^b   Skoner, Judith M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Free flap donor site complications; Latissimus myocutaneous free tissue transfer; Massive flap donor site defects; Microvascular head and neck reconstruction; Negative pressure wound therapy; Reconstructive surgery; Scapular free tissue transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCISION; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCAPULAR FLAP; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE; HEAD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; ORGAN DONOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND HEALING;

FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSPLANT DONOR SITE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84872676864     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812459015     Document Type: Article

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