A vacuum assisted closure system in complex wounds: A retrospective study;Sistema de cierre asistido por vacío en heridas complejas. Estudio retrospectivo

Cirugia Espanola

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 312-317

  Brox Jiménez, Antonia ^a   Díaz Gómez, Daniel ^b   Parra Membrives, Pablo ^b   Martínez Baena, Dario ^b   Márquez Muñoz, Macarena ^b   Lorente Herce, José ^b   Jiménez Vega, Javier ^b  

^a HOSPITAL MONTECELO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complex wounds; Therapy; Vacuum assisted closure (VAC therapy)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952548994     PISSN: 0009739X     EISSN: 1578147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ciresp.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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