Negative pressure therapy is effective to manage a variety of wounds in infants and children

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 296-301

  McCord, Shannon S ^a   Naik Mathuria, Bindi J ^b   Murphy, Kathy M ^a   McLane, Kathy M ^a   Gay, Andre N ^b   Bob Basu, C ^b   Downey, Cara R ^b   Hollier, Larry H ^a,b   Olutoye, Oluyinka O ^a,b  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEGATIVE PRESSURE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUCTION; SURGICAL WOUND; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRY; WOUND; WOUND CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BANDAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN CARE; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34249291990     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2007.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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