Healing of open stump wounds after vascular below-knee amputation: Plaster cast socket with silicone sleeve versus elastic compression

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1327-1330

  Vigier, Stéphane ^a   Casillas, Jean Marie ^a   Dulieu, Véronique ^a   Rouhier Marcer, Inés ^a   D'Athis, Philippe ^a   Didier, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032846616     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(99)90038-2     Document Type: Article

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