Foam pore size is a critical interface parameter of suction-based wound healing devices

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 589-597

  Heit, Yvonne I ^a,b,c,d   Dastouri, Pouya ^a,b,c,d   Helm, Douglas L ^a,b,c,d   Pietramaggiori, Giorgio ^a,b,c,d   Younan, George ^a,b,c,d   Erba, Paolo ^a,b,c,d   Münster, Stefan ^a,b,c,d   Orgill, Dennis P ^a,b,c,d   Scherer, Sandra S ^a,b,c,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; SUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; POLYURETHANES; POROSITY; SUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84858014345     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182402c89     Document Type: Article

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