An Overview of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for the Lower Extremity

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 619-631

  Capobianco, Claire M ^a   Zgonis, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot; Diabetic neuropathy; Diabetic ulcers; Lower extremity; Negative pressure wound therapy

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; VASCULOTROPIN;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BURN; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL WOUND; TISSUE PRESSURE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND FLUID; WOUND HEALING; WOUND IRRIGATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70349210675     PISSN: 08918422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpm.2009.08.002     Document Type: Review

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