Impact of an Absorbent Silver-Eluting Dressing System on Lower Extremity Revascularization Wound Complications

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 598-602

  Childress, Beverly B ^a   Berceli, Scott A ^a,b   Nelson, Peter R ^a,b   Lee, W Anthony ^a,b   Ozaki, C Keith ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DRESSING;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BANDAGES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPERFUSION; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VEINS;

EID: 34548289789     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.03.024     Document Type: Article

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