Vacuum assisted closure device improves the take of mesh grafts in chronic leg ulcer patients

Dermatology

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 250-256

  Korber A ^a   Franckson, T ^a   Grabbe, S ^a   Dissemond, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Department of Dermatology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic leg ulcer; Mesh graft; Vacuum assisted closure

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GAUZE DRESSING; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALING; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 40949141501     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112937     Document Type: Article

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