Modern dressings: Healing surgical wounds by secondary intention

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 543-547

  Dziewulski, Peter ^a   James, Stuart ^a   Taylor, David ^b   Bosanquet, Nick ^c   Cutting, Keith ^d   West, Peter ^e  

^a BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOISTURE; SURGICAL WOUND; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; BANDAGE; CONSENSUS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

BANDAGES; CONSENSUS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0141886118     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2003.64.9.2248     Document Type: Article

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