Evidence‐based medicine: vacuum‐assisted closure in wound care management
- 1 September 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in International Wound Journal
- Vol. 4 (3) , 256-269
Abstract
A review of the evidence base for the use of vacuum‐assisted closure (VAC) therapy is presented, analysing both experimental and clinical data.Keywords
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