The clinical efficacy and cost effectiveness of the vacuum-assisted closure technique in the management of acute and chronic wounds: A randomized controlled trial

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 398-400

  Janis, Jeffrey E ^a,b   Attinger, Christopher E ^a  

^a Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN PAIN; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33746760516     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000227613.45038.26     Document Type: Note

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