Effectiveness of negative pressure closure in the integration of split thickness skin grafts: A randomized, double-masked, controlled trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 244, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 700-705

  Llanos, Sergio ^b   Danilla, Stefan ^a   Barraza, Cristina ^b   Armijo, Eugenia ^b   Piñeros, Jose L ^b   Quintas, Maria ^b   Searle, Susana ^b   Calderon, Wilfredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BURN UNIT; CENTRAL ASPIRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE PRESSURE CLOSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN DEFECT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; BURNS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33750379556     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000217745.56657.e5     Document Type: Article

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