Wound management with vacuum-assisted closure: Experience in 51 pediatric patients

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 128-132

  Caniano, Donna A ^a   Ruth, Brenda ^a   Teich, Steven ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex wounds; Negative pressure therapy; Vacuum assisted wound care; Wound care

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXILLA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; OBESITY; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERINEUM; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIGH; ULCER; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; INFANT; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 12444281858     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.09.016     Document Type: Article

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