Débridement: The key initial first step in wound healing

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 627-660

  Attinger, C E ^a   Bulan, E J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FOOT; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; WOUND HEALING;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FOOT; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035553307     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1083-7515(02)00010-4     Document Type: Review

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