Abstract: Predictors of Angiographic Hemostasis in Life-Threatening Oronasal Hemorrhage Following Facial Trauma
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Methods: Spine surgeries closed by a single plastic surgeon at a large academic hospital were reviewed. Patients 18 years or younger, with invasiveness indices of zero, current wound infections, or undergoing surgery for management of complications from prior procedures were excluded. Factors significantly associated (p<0.05) with wound complications on univariate analysis were included in a regression model.
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