Wound bed preparation with NPWT in diabetic foot ulcers: case report
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Wound bed preparation with NPWT in diabetic foot ulcers: case report
Background Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is primarily used for very complex chronic wounds. The surgical treatment of the diabetic wounds with loss of soft tissue usually consists of closure using split-thickness skin grafts or transposition flaps. However, the first step consists of standard wound care with moist gauze dressing with the aim to prepare the wound bed for final closure. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Geriatrics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1471-2318
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-s1-a69