Pulsed lavage in wound cleansing

Physical Therapy

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 292-300

  Luedtke Hoffmann, Kathleen A ^a   Schafer, D Sue ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Pulsed lavage; Wound cleansing; Wound irrigation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COUNT; CLEANING; EPITHELIZATION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LAVAGE; REVIEW; SKIN GRAFT; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 0034060331     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/80.3.292     Document Type: Review

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