Irrigation with potable water versus normal saline in a contaminated musculoskeletal wound model

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1357-1359

  Svoboda, Steven J ^a   Owens, Brett D ^a   Gooden, Heather A ^a   Melvin, Michael L ^a   Baer, David G ^a   Wenke, Joseph C ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Infection; Irrigation; Wound management

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; GOAT; INOCULATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL WOUND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WOUND; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GOATS; IRRIGATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WATER;

EID: 43449120422     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31816e3476     Document Type: Article

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