Negative-pressure wound therapy for management of diabetic foot wounds: A review of the mechanism of action, clinical applications, and recent developments

Diabetic Foot and Ankle

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Hasan, Muhammed Y ^a   Teo, Rachel ^a   Nather, Aziz ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amputation; Diabetic ulcers; Subatmospheric pressure dressing; Topical negative pressure therapy; Vacuum therapy; Wound bed preparation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN PLUS POLYMYXIN B; CEFTAZIDIME; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); POLYURETHAN FOAM; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PREALBUMIN; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANGIOGENESIS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; EDEMA; FOAM DRESSING; FOOT AMPUTATION; GAUZE DRESSING; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SILVER DRESSING; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE DEVICE; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84941051990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2000625X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/dfa.v6.27618     Document Type: Review

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