Negative pressure wound therapy to prevent seromas and treat surgical incisions after total hip arthroplasty

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 719-722

  Pachowsky, Milena ^a   Gusinde, Johannes ^a   Klein, Andrea ^a   Lehrl, Siegfried ^a   Schulz Drost, Stefan ^a   Schlechtweg, Philipp ^a   Pauser, Johannes ^a   Gelse, Kolja ^a   Brem, Matthias H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SEROMA; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL WOUND; THERAPY EFFECT; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; ULTRASOUND; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND FLUID; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84859158886     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-011-1321-8     Document Type: Article

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