Vacuum-assisted closure for complicated wounds in head and neck region after reconstruction

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Yi Hsun ^a   Jeng, Seng Feng ^a   Hsieh, Ching Hua ^b   Feng, Guan Ming ^a   Chen, Chien Chung ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complicated wound; Fistula formation; Head and neck reconstruction; Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT); Vacuum assisted closure (VAC) system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ODONTOGENIC KERATOCYST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE GROWTH; TUMOR ABLATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

COMPLICATED WOUND; FISTULA FORMATION; HEAD AND NECK RECONSTRUCTION; NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY (NPWT); VACUUM-ASSISTED CLOSURE (VAC) SYSTEM;

ADULT; CERVICOPLASTY; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; ORAL FISTULA; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879843953     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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