Incisional negative-pressure wound therapy versus conventional dressings following abdominal wall reconstruction: A comparative study

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 394-397

  Condé Green, Alexandra ^a   Chung, Thomas L ^a   Holton III, Luther H ^a   Hui Chou, Helen G ^a   Zhu, Yue ^a   Wang, Howard ^b   Zahiri, Hamid ^a   Singh, Devinder P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall reconstruction; Conventional dry gauze dressings; Incisional negative pressure wound therapy; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; BANDAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; ADULT; AGED; BANDAGES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884702612     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31824c9073     Document Type: Article

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