Subatmospheric pressure wound therapy and the vacuum-assisted closure device: Basic science and current clinical successes

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-184

  Plikaitis, Christina M ^a   Molnar, Joseph A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Negative pressure wound therapy; Subatmospheric pressure therapy; Topical negative pressure; Vacuum assisted closure; Wound instillation therapy; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BICARBONATE; MANNITOL; OCTREOTIDE;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; BURN; CHRONIC WOUND; DEBRIDEMENT; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; HUMAN; MYOGLOBINURIA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SKIN GRAFT; SUBATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE THERAPY; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; SCIENCE; SUCTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

FISTULA;

EID: 33646195666     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.3.2.175     Document Type: Review

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