Use of negative pressure wound therapy with silver base dressing for necrotizing fasciitis

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 449-452

  Pour, Saman Mohammadi ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVER;

ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW UP; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

BANDAGES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SILVER; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79960768394     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WON.0b013e31821e43f1     Document Type: Article

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