The Role of Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy in Lower-Limb Reconstruction

Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has gained increasing popularity among clinicians since its introduction in 1997 as a potential aid to wound healing. Multiple benefits of NPWT have since been proven in studies, including increase in granulation tissue formation, decrease in bacterial load, an...

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Main Authors: Renita Sirisena, Gregory Lucien Bellot, Mark Edward Puhaindran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2019-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1687922