Revolutionary Advances in the Management of Traumatic Wounds in the Emergency Department During the Last 40 Years: Part II

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-207

  Edlich, Richard F ^a   Rodeheaver, George T ^a   Thacker, John G ^b   Lin, Kant Y ^a   Drake, David B ^a   Mason, Shelley S ^c   Wack, Courtney A ^c   Chase, Margot E ^c   Tribble, Curt ^d   Long III, William B ^c   Vissers, Robert J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Legacy Emmanuel Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

staples; sutures; tapes; tissue adhesives; trauma wound repair

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; BUCRILATE; ENBUCRILATE; MACROGOL; NONABSORBABLE SUTURE; NYLON; POLITEF; POLYBUTESTER; POLYPROPYLENE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; STAINLESS STEEL; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOMECHANICS; COTTON; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDERMIS CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FACE INJURY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INJURY; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SILK; SKIN ABRASION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TAPE; SUTURE; SUTURE REMOVAL; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE PRESSURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND FLUID; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

BANDAGES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL TAPE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TISSUE ADHESIVES; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 76649083314     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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