Functional splinting of upper limb injuries with gauze-based topical negative pressure wound therapy

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1848-1851

  Taylor, Christopher J ^a   Chester, Darren L ^a   Jeffery, Steven L ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional splinting; hand injury; topical negative pressure; war related injury

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; EXERCISE; GAUZE BASED TOPICAL NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; GAUZE DRESSING; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASTER CAST; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REST; SPLINTING; TISSUE OXYGENATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

BLAST INJURIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURES, OPEN; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 80055055925     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2011.08.023     Document Type: Article

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