Recommendations for the use of negative pressure wound therapy

Wounds UK

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 48-59

  Dowsett, Caroline ^a  

^a EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute and chronic wounds; Consensus agreement; NPWT recommendations; Treatment variables

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; PETROLATUM; PETROLEUM; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BURN; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FASCIOTOMY; FOOT ULCER; GAUZE DRESSING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LIMB INJURY; OPEN FRACTURE; PLASTIC SURGERY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UNITED KINGDOM; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

EID: 84864886786     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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