V.A.C. therapy normalizes vascular response of injured tissue in full-thickness wounds in rabbits

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 555-560

  Kilpadi, Deepak V ^a,c   Feeley, Teri D ^a   Kiel, Jeffrey W ^b  

^a Kinetic Concepts Inc   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c KCI   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Caval occlusion; Full thickness wound; Mean arterial pressure; Muscle; Rabbit; Single point laser Doppler flowmetry; V.A.C. Therapy; Vascular resistance; Vascular response; Vasoconstrictor; Vasodilator

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; GAUZE DRESSING; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKIN INJURY; SURGICAL WOUND; THICKNESS; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BANDAGES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VACUUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34247467884     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000244991.90285.c3     Document Type: Article

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