Negative pressure wound therapy to treat hematomas and surgical incisions following high-energy trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1301-1306

  Stannard, James P ^a,b   Robinson, James T ^a   Anderson, E Ratcliffe ^a   McGwin, Gerald ^a   Volgas, David A ^a   Alonso, Jorge E ^a  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematoma; Highenergy trauma; Negative pressure wound therapy; Surgical incisions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCISION; INFECTION RATE; INJURY; MALE; NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL WOUND; WOUND CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33745285021     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000195996.73186.2e     Document Type: Article

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