Vacuum-assisted closure therapy as a pretreatment for split thickness skin grafts

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 675-679

  Saaiq, Muhammad ^a   Hameed ud Din, ^a   Khan, Muhammad Ibrahim ^a   Chaudhery, Saud Majid ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Graft take; Open wound; Split thickness skin graft; Vacuum assisted closure therapy; Vacuum assisted closure dressing; Wound bed preparation

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAUZE DRESSING; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN INJURY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; BANDAGE; DEBRIDEMENT; INJURY; LIMB; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BANDAGES; DEBRIDEMENT; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049418568     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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