Debridement

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 187, Issue 5 SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages S71-S74

  Steed, David L ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BECAPLERMIN; COLLAGENASE; CORTICOSTEROID; ENZYME; FIBRIN; GROWTH FACTOR; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; OXIDIZED CELLULOSE; PAPAIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THROMBIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UREA;

AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLOGY; BLEEDING; CAUTERIZATION; DEBRIDEMENT; EXCISION; FOREIGN BODY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 2442481779     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(03)00307-6     Document Type: Article

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