VADER (vacuum-assisted dermal recruitment): A new method of wound closure

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 660-664

  Van Der Velde, Mark ^a   Hudson, Don A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Vacuum assisted wound closure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; ESTHETICS; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; NECROSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VACUUM ASSISTED DERMAL RECRUITMENT; WOUND; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VACUUM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 29244442703     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000187181.59748.19     Document Type: Article

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