The incidence of wound complications related to negative pressure wound therapy power outage and interruption of treatment in orthopaedic trauma patients

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 96-100

  Collinge, Cory ^a   Reddix, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b JOHN PETER SMITH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; infection; negative pressure; wound; wound complications; Wound VAC

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BONE GRAFT; BONE INJURY; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE; ELBOW DISLOCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOSIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL TIBIA FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIA PLATEAU FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ULNA FRACTURE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79551526482     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181de0134     Document Type: Article

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