Vacuum assisted closure for the treatment of sternal wounds: The bridge between débridement and definitive closure

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 92-97

  Song, David H ^a   Wu, Liza C ^a   Lohman, Robert F ^a   Gottlieb, Lawrence J ^a   Franczyk, Mieczyslawa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; STERNUM; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0037216608     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200301000-00014     Document Type: Article

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