Assessing mepilex® border in post-operative wound care

Wounds UK

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-40

  Pukki, Tiina ^a   Tikkanen, Minna ^b   Halonen, Sirpa ^c  

^a Meilahti Hospital   (Finland)

^b Toolo Hospital   (Finland)

^c JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dressings; Primary intention; Surgical wounds; Wound management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL NURSING; SURGICAL WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77950922565     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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