Traumatic wound debridement: A comparison of irrigation methods

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-88

  Draeger, Reid W ^a   Dahners, Laurence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

High pressure irrigation; Pulsatile lavage; Traumatic wound management; Wound debridement; Wound irrigation

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FOREIGN BODY; HIGH PRESSURE PULSATILE LAVAGE; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEAT; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SUCTION IRRIGATION; SYRINGE IRRIGATION; WOUND IRRIGATION; ANIMAL; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYRINGE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FOREIGN BODIES; IRRIGATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRESSURE; SYRINGES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33744495386     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000197700.19826.db     Document Type: Article

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