Treatment of a large defect of the chest wall in a child using a negative pressure wound dressing

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 143-145

  Bonnet, Florent ^a   Pavy, Bernard ^a   Beaudoin, Sylvie ^a   Dubousset, Jean ^a   Mitrofanoff, Marc ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

Chest reconstruction; Negative pressure wound therapy; Prosthesis exposure; Vacuum assisted closure

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FIBROMATOSIS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SUCTION; THORAX TUMOR; THORAX WALL; WOUND HEALING;

BANDAGES; CHILD; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SUCTION; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACIC WALL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34248590850     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310600699499     Document Type: Article

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