Surgical debridement with VERSAJET: An analysis of bacteria load of the wound bed pre- and post-treatment and skin graft taken. A preliminary pilot study

International Wound Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-161

  Fraccalvieri, Marco ^a   Serra, Roberto ^b   Ruka, Erind ^a   Zingarelli, Enrico ^a   Antoniotti, Umberto ^a   Robbiano, Francesca ^b   Viglione, Marcella ^b   Frisicale, Loredana ^b   Bruschi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial load; Hydrosurgery; Surgical debridement; VERSAJET

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCETALES; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN GRAFT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL LOAD; DEBRIDEMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79952709678     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2010.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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