Fix and flap in the era of vacuum suction devices: What do we know in terms of evidence based medicine?

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 780-786

  Stannard, James P ^a,b   Singanamala, Naveen ^a   Volgas, David A ^a  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT); Open fracture; Vacuum assisted closure (VAC); Wound coverage

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANGIOGENESIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; MUSCLE FLAP; OPEN FRACTURE; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN GRAFT; SUCTION DRAINAGE; SURGICAL WOUND; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VASCULARIZATION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77955710168     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.08.011     Document Type: Review

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