Primary closure versus delayed closure for non bite traumatic wounds within 24 hours post injury

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Eliya Masamba, Martha C ^a   Banda, Grace W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COSMETIC VISUAL ANALOGUE SCORE; DEBRIDEMENT; DELAYED WOUND CLOSURE; EPITHELIZATION; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NON BITE TRAUMATIC WOUND; PRIMARY WOUND CLOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND EVALUATION SCORE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; PROCEDURES; TIME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; INJURY; METHODOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84899466895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008574.pub3     Document Type: Review

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