Wound Complications

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Schweinberger, Monica H ^a   Roukis, Thomas S ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehiscence; Postoperative infection; Wound; Wound closure; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; HEXACHLOROPHENE; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY SPASM; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BALNEOTHERAPY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALNUTRITION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

BANDAGES; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PODIATRY; RISK FACTORS; SKIN CARE; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 58049148658     PISSN: 08918422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpm.2008.09.001     Document Type: Review

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