"Stretchingg" negative pressure wound therapy: Can dressing change interval be extended in patients with open abdomens?

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-29

  Stawicki, S Peter ^a   Grossman, Michael ^b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CARE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STATISTICS; SUCTION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; BANDAGES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN CARE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SUCTION; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34047096552     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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