Negative-pressure wound therapy I: The paradox of negative-pressure wound therapy

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 589-598

  Kairinos, Nicolas ^a   Solomons, Michael ^a   Hudson, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCTION; TISSUE PERFUSION; TISSUE PRESSURE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND; WOUND DRESSING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; HAND INJURY; INJURY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; SKIN; THIGH; WOUND HEALING;

HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PRESSURE; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THIGH; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 61449135281     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181956551     Document Type: Article

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