Wound dressings: Principles and practice

Surgery (United Kingdom)

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 462-467

  Vowden, Kathryn ^a,b   Vowden, Peter ^a,b  

^a BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; wound assessment; wound dressings; wound healing; wound pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALGINATE DRESSING; ANTIMICROBIAL DRESSING; ARTICLE; DEODORIZING DRESSING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOAM DRESSING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID DRESSING; HYDROFIBER DRESSING; HYDROGEL DRESSING; INFLAMMATION; MAGGOT THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMIPERMEABLE FILM DRESSING; TOPICAL TREATMENT; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 84907301780     PISSN: 02639319     EISSN: 18781764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpsur.2014.07.001     Document Type: Review

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