Vacuum-Assisted Closure for the Treatment of Abdominal Wounds

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-224

  DeFranzo, Anthony J ^a   Argenta, Louis ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ANGIOGENESIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD FLOW; EDEMA; GRANULATION TISSUE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LYMPH FLOW; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WOUND; TISSUE PERFUSION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646084859     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2005.12.007     Document Type: Review

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