Vacuum-assisted closure for treatment of a deep shell abscess and osteomyelitis in a tortoise

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 231, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1249-1254

  Adkesson, Michael J ^a,b   Travis, Erika K ^a,b,c,d   Weber, Martha A ^a   Kirby, John P ^c   Junge, Randall E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Utah's Hogle Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; OSTEOMYELITIS; TURTLE; VACUUM; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ABSCESS; ANIMALS; BANDAGES; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; OSTEOMYELITIS; TURTLES; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

ALDABRACHELYS ELEPHANTINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 35948977363     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.231.8.1249     Document Type: Article

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