Case studies of an infant, a toddler, and an adolescent treated with a negative pressure wound treatment system.
Three pediatric case studies (infant, toddler, and adolescent) using negative pressure wound treatment system (NPWS) in a children's hospital are described. Each child had complex surgical wounds and different goals for the therapy. The infant had an ulcerating labial hemangioma surgically removed,...
| Published in: | Journal of Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nursing Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 184 - 193 |
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| Format: | case study pictorial Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2004 Jul/Aug
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