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MEDISAN
versão On-line ISSN 1029-3019
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DIAZ FERNANDEZ, José Manuel e 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
Palavras-chave : elderly woman; dog bite; facial wound; local facial flap; antibiotic prophylaxis.