Effects of vacuum-assisted closure therapy on inguinal wound edge microvascular blood flow

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 600-606

  Wackenfors, Angelica ^a,b   Sjögren, Johan ^a   Gustafsson, Ronny ^a   Algotsson, Lars ^a   Ingemansson, Richard ^a   Malmsjó, Malin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HYPEREMIA; INGUINAL REGION; ISCHEMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE THERAPY; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; GRANULATION TISSUE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWINE; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 9644287715     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1067-1927.2004.12602.x     Document Type: Article

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