Applying negative pressure therapy to deep pressure ulcers covered by soft necrotic tissue

International Wound Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 160-166

  Nakayama, Mitsuyuki ^a  

^a Kanoiwa General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Negative pressure therapy; Pressure ulcer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; BANDAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DEVICES; FOLLOW UP; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRESSURE ULCER; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN CARE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NECROSIS; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PRESSURE ULCER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN CARE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77952680688     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2010.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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