A brief history of wound care

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Broughton II, George ^a   Janis, Jeffrey E ^b   Attinger, Christopher E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTER; DEBRIDEMENT; HEMOSTASIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HONEY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MAGGOT THERAPY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOURNIQUET; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HISTORY; INJURY; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745510728     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000225429.76355.dd     Document Type: Review

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