Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy Applied to High-Risk Surgical Incisions

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-300

  DeCarbo, William T ^a   Hyer, Christopher F ^a  

^a ORTHOPEDIC FOOT AND ANKLE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

calcaneus; fracture; healing; surgery; total ankle replacement; vacuum

Indexed keywords

ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TIME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ANKLE INJURIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 77958150015     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: 15422224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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