Negative pressure wound therapy for at-risk surgical closures in patients with multiple comorbidities: A prospective randomized controlled study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 255, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1043-1047

  Masden, Derek ^a   Goldstein, Jesse ^a   Endara, Mathew ^a   Xu, Kyle ^a   Steinberg, John ^a   Attinger, Christopher ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN INCISION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84861340425     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182501bae     Document Type: Article

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