Silver negative pressure dressing with vacuum-assisted closure of massive pelvic and extremity wounds

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 472, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 830-835

  Siegel, Herrick J ^a   Herrera, Diego F ^a   Gay, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB INJURY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METAL IMPLANTATION; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER NEGATIVE PRESSURE DRESSING; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE DEVICE; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PELVIS; SILVER; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898769677     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-3123-3     Document Type: Article

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