Intermittent compression pump for nonhealing wounds in patients with limb ischemia. The Mayo Clinic experience (1998-2000)

International Angiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 360-366

  Montori, V M ^a   Kavros, Steven J ^a   Walsh, E E ^b   Rooke, T W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ischemia; Peripheral vascular diseases; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; OXYGEN; STEROID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT ULCER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG EDEMA; LEG ULCER; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; OXYGEN TENSION; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMATIC TOOL; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LEG ULCER; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036942407     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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