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A Novel Tube-Drainage Technique of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Fistulae after Reconstructive Surgery

BACKGROUND: Patients with head and neck or esophageal cancer who undergo resection and reconstructive surgery sometimes develop fistulae that exhibit delayed wound healing. We developed a novel negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) that employs a Penrose drain. This case series report describes its...

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Autores principales: Umezawa, Hiroki, Matsutani, Takeshi, Yokoshima, Kazuhiko, Nakamizo, Munenaga, Ogawa, Rei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6181514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30324066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001885