Vacuum-assisted closure - What is evidence based?

European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-18

  Schintler, Michael Valentin ^a   Prandl, E C ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conventional wound treatment; Evidence based medicine; Randomised clinical trials; Vacuum assisted closure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE FIXATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 40649119646     PISSN: 16821769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10353-008-0381-5     Document Type: Article

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