Acute complex traumas of the lower limbs: A modern reconstructive approach with negative pressure therapy

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 589-594

  Bollero, Daniele ^a,b   Carnino, Riccardo ^a   Risso, Daniela ^a   Gangemi, Ezio N ^a   Stella, Maurizio ^a  

^a Traumatological Center   (Italy)

^b CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEG INJURY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PHANTOM PAIN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND HEALING;

BANDAGES; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; LEG ULCER; NECROSIS; PRESSURE ULCER; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN ULCER; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34447627024     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2007.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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