A prospective randomized trial comparing subatmospheric wound therapy with a sealed gauze dressing and the standard vacuum-assisted closure device

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-84

  Dorafshar, Amir H ^a   Franczyk, Mieczyslawa ^b   Gottlieb, Lawrence J ^b   Wroblewski, Kristen E ^b   Lohman, Robert F ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

negative pressure wound therapy; wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; CHICAGO; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84862876001     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318221286c     Document Type: Article

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