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MEDISAN
On-line version ISSN 1029-3019
Abstract
DIAZ FERNANDEZ, José Manuel and MESTRE CABELLO, Johannes. Labial reconstruction due to a dog bite in an elderly woman. MEDISAN [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.9, pp. 2024-2028. ISSN 1029-3019.
The case report of an 80 years elderly woman with history of Alzheimer´s is presented, who went along with her children to the Emergency Service of "Saturnino Lora Torres" Teaching Clinical Surgical Provincial Hospital due to a dog bite in the labial region. The wound cleaning, debridement and prophylaxis was carried out to the patient, followed by making combined local flaps and immediate suture. The cosmetic and functional results were classified as favorable
Keywords : elderly woman; dog bite; facial wound; local facial flap; antibiotic prophylaxis.