Use of vacuum-assisted wound closure in three chronic wounds

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 281-290

  Hartnett, Jacqueline M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXUDATE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUCTION; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032198995     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00152192-199811000-00005     Document Type: Article

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