Negative pressure wound therapy: An evidence update

Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series

Volumn 10, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 1-28

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ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETIC FOOT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOT AMPUTATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG ULCER; LENGTH OF STAY; MOIST WOUND THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULCER HEALING; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 78650562892     PISSN: 19157398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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