Clinical outcome and microvascular blood flow in VAC®- and Sorbalgon®-treated peri-vascular infected wounds in the groin after vascular surgery - an early interim analysis

International Wound Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 377-382

  Acosta, Stefan ^a   Monsen, Christina ^a   Dencker, Magnus ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Groin infection; Laser Doppler blood flow; Negative pressure wound therapy; Vacuum assisted wound closure; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

GROIN INFECTION; LASER DOPPLER BLOOD FLOW; NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; VACUUM-ASSISTED WOUND CLOSURE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROIN; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84881552517     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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