Pressure necrosis secondary to negative pressure dressing

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Mulgrew, S ^a   Khoo, A ^a   Newton, R M ^b   Rajan, R ^c   Kumar, K ^c  

^a LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Negative pressure dressing; Pressure necrosis; Reconstruction; Vacuum assisted closure dressing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RECTUM TUMOR; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PRESSURE ULCER; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79960172428     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/147870811X580433     Document Type: Article

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