Negative pressure wound therapy for treating foot wounds in people with diabetes mellitus

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Dumville, Jo C ^a   Hinchliffe, Robert J ^b   Cullum, Nicky ^a   Game, Fran ^c   Stubbs, Nikki ^d   Sweeting, Michael ^e   Peinemann, Frank ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; DEBRIDEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FOOT AMPUTATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; AMPUTATION; BANDAGE; METHODOLOGY;

AMPUTATION; BANDAGES; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84888341012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010318.pub2     Document Type: Review

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