Outpatient reconstruction using integra* and subatmospheric pressure

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-169

  Park, Christopher A ^a,b   Defranzo, Anthony J ^a   Marks, Malcolm W ^a   Molnar, Joseph A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Burn contracture; Integra; Outpatient; Reconstruction; Skin graft; Subatmospheric pressure; V.A.C.; VAC; Vacuum Assisted Closure; Wound care

Indexed keywords

STEROID; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BURN CONTRACTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST; CRUSH TRAUMA; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; KELOID; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES;

EID: 65949119979     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31817d87cb     Document Type: Article

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