Use of vacuum assisted closure therapy in the palliation of a malignant wound

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 477-478

  Ford Dunn, Suzanne ^a  

^a St Barnabas Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malignant wound; Palliative care; Vacuum assisted closure

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; FENTANYL; FLUOROURACIL; MORPHINE SULFATE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID DRESSING; NEGATIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIGMOID CARCINOMA; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; VACUUM; WOUND CLOSURE;

BANDAGES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; THIGH; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33746168313     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216306pm1117cr     Document Type: Article

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