Vacuum-assisted closure in the treatment of gynecologic oncology wound failures

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 586-591

  Schimp, Veronica L ^a   Worley, Cynthia ^a   Brunello, Sandi ^a   Levenback, Charles C ^a   Wolf, Judith K ^a   Sun, Charlotte C ^a   Bodurka, Diane C ^a   Ramirez, Pedro T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Vacuum assisted closure; Wound failure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SKIN GRAFT; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE DEVICE; VULVECTOMY; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0842288956     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2003.10.055     Document Type: Article

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