Negative pressure dressings as an alternative technique for the treatment of infected wounds

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 414, Issue , 2003, Pages 45-48

  Wongworawat, Montri D ^b   Schnall, Stephen B ^a   Holtom, Paul D ^b   Moon, Charles ^b   Schiller, Francis ^b  

^a GNH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEGATIVE PRESSURE DRESSING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACUUM; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0041817844     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000084400.53464.02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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