Vacuum-assisted closure for defects of the abdominal wall

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 832-839

  DeFranzo, Anthony J ^a   Pitzer, Keith ^a   Molnar, Joseph A ^a   Marks, Malcolm W ^a   Chang, Michael C ^a   Miller, Preston R ^a   Letton, Robert W ^a   Argenta, Louis C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; INFANT; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VACUUM;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACUUM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 40549096123     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000299268.51008.47     Document Type: Article

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