The specialized wound care center: A 7-year experience at a tertiary care hospital

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-284

  Sholar, Alina D ^a   Wong, Lesley K ^a   Culpepper, J Wesley ^a   Sargent, Larry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Venous stasis ulcer; Wound care center

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL WOUND; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VENOUS STASIS; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT DROPOUTS; TENNESSEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34247642675     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000248116.28131.94     Document Type: Article

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