A simple and cheap method for vacuum-assisted wound closure

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 820-824

  Andreassen, Geir Stray ^a   Madsen, Jan Erik ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; EXTRAVASCULAR SPACE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL SPONGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VARUS DEFORMITY; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 33749485534     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670610013051     Document Type: Article

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