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The Effect of Zinc on Post-neurosurgical Wound Healing: A Review

The aim of this article is to explore neurosurgeons' knowledge and understanding of the physiology of zinc and provide current information about the role zinc plays in post-neurological wound healing. We review several medical journals and bring together the most updated information related to...

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Autores principales: Adjepong, Dennis, Jahangir, Saira, Malik, Bilal Haider
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7039353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32140337
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6770
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spelling pubmed-70393532020-03-05 The Effect of Zinc on Post-neurosurgical Wound Healing: A Review Adjepong, Dennis Jahangir, Saira Malik, Bilal Haider Cureus Neurology The aim of this article is to explore neurosurgeons' knowledge and understanding of the physiology of zinc and provide current information about the role zinc plays in post-neurological wound healing. We review several medical journals and bring together the most updated information related to lesion-healing after surgery. Cureus 2020-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7039353/ /pubmed/32140337 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6770 Text en Copyright © 2020, Adjepong et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Adjepong, Dennis
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The Effect of Zinc on Post-neurosurgical Wound Healing: A Review
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title_short The Effect of Zinc on Post-neurosurgical Wound Healing: A Review
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topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7039353/
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