Vacuum assisted closure - A new method for wound control and treatment

Harefuah

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 837-840+877

  Shoufani, Aziz ^a   Samuelov, Raphael ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic wounds; Diabetic ulcer; Foam dressing; Negative pressure; Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC); Venous ulcer

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; REVIEW; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

HUMANS; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0346958638     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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