Modern wound care for the poor: a randomized clinical trial comparing the vacuum system with conventional saline-soaked gauze dressings

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-20

  Perez, Daniel ^a,b   Bramkamp, Matthias ^c   Exe, Chauvet ^a   von Ruden, Christian ^c   Ziegler, Anna ^a,d  

^a Hospital Albert Schweitzer   (Haïti)

^b City Hospital Zürich   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Vaccuum dressing system; Wound care

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; OPSITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAUZE DRESSING; HAITI; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAIN; HEALTH CARE COST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM;

ADULT; BANDAGES; COST SAVINGS; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAITI; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 72049115788     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.12.029     Document Type: Article

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