Comparing conventional gauze therapy to vacuum-assisted closure wound therapy: A prospective randomised trial

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 672-681

  Moues C M ^a   van den Bemd, G J C M ^a   Heule, F ^a   Hovius, S E R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment of wound healing; Clinical randomised trial; Conventional wound therapy; Vacuum assisted closure wound therapy

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXUDATE; FOAM DRESSING; GAUZE DRESSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPTICEMIA; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34247631246     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.01.041     Document Type: Article

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