Negative pressure wound therapy via vacuum-assisted closure following partial foot amputation: What is the role of wound chronicity?

International Wound Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-86

  Armstrong, David G ^a,b,d   Lavery, Lawrence A ^c   Boulton, Andrew J M ^b  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Diabetes; Ulcer; VAC; Wound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC WOUND; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL WOUND; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34147152766     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2006.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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