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The use of PROMOGRAN to manage a patient suffering radiation damage after a laryngectomy

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The use of PROMOGRAN to manage a patient suffering radiation damage after a laryngectomy

June Jones, Sue Sayer

1 November 2008

This case report focuses on the management of a 42-year-old woman who was diagnosed with a laryngeal tumour in 2002 and it illustrates some of the problems associated with wound management in a patient with radiation damage and a compromised ability to heal.

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