The use of pulsed radio frequency energy therapy in treating lower extremity wounds: Results of a retrospective study of a wound registry

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 22-29

  Frykberg, Robert G ^a   Driver, Vickie R ^b   Lavery, Lawrence A ^c   Armstrong, David G ^d   Isenberg, Richard A ^e,f  

^a CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Regenesis Biomedical Inc   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

percent area wound reduction; pulsed radio frequency energy; retrospective descriptive study; wound registry; wounds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 79953007358     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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