The effects of varying degrees of pressure delivered by negative-pressure wound therapy on skin perfusion

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 665-671

  Timmers, M S ^a   Le Cessie, S ^a   Banwell, P ^b   Jukema, G N ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Negative pressure wound therapy; NPWT; V.A.C; Vacuum; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN FOAM; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; POLYURETHANES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 29244474081     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000187182.90907.3d     Document Type: Article

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