The use of Mepilex on dehisced amputation wounds

Wounds UK

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-74

  Weaver, Gill ^a   Crawford, Kath ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mepilex; Prosthetic rehabilitation; Transtibial amputation; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; EXUDATE; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG PROSTHESIS; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; SURGICAL WOUND; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34047238071     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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