Vacuum-assisted closure - A management option for the burns patient with exposed bone

Burns

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 390-393

  Nugent, N ^a,b   Lannon, D ^a   O'Donnell , M ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BURN; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; SOFT TISSUE; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 14944381959     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.10.019     Document Type: Article

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