Serial surgical debridement: A retrospective study on clinical outcomes in chronic lower extremity wounds: Original Research - Clinical Science

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 306-311

  Cardinal, Matthew ^a   Eisenbud, David E ^a   Armstrong, David G ^b   Zelen, Charles ^c   Driver, Vickie ^b,e   Attinger, Christopher ^d   Phillips, Tania ^e   Harding, Keith ^f  

^a Advanced BioHealing   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC WOUND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 65949092328     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2009.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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