Bolster versus negative pressure wound therapy for securing split-thickness skin grafts in trauma patients

Wounds

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 219-223

  Stone, Patrick ^a   Prigozen, Jason ^a   Hofeldt, Matthew ^a   Hass, Stephen ^a   DeLuca, John ^a   Flaherty, Sarah ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FASCIOTOMY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 4243149467     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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