Effects of hyperbaric oxygen on full-thickness meshed sheet skin grafts applied to fresh and granulating wounds in horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 144-147

  Holder, Troy E C ^a   Schumacher, Jim ^a   Donnell, Robert L ^a   Rohrbach, Barton W ^a   Adair, H Steve A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HORSES; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 38749095518     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.69.1.144     Document Type: Article

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