Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 6 , Pages 672-681, June 2007

Comparing conventional gauze therapy to vacuum-assisted closure wound therapy: A prospective randomised trial☆

  • C.M. Mouës

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis, Department of Surgery (Resident Plastic Surgery), P.O. Box 5011, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 15 2604867; fax: +31 15 2603599.
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  • G.J.C.M. van den Bemd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Currently researcher at the Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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  • F. Heule

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • S.E.R. Hovius

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 24 May 2005; accepted 1 January 2006. published online 24 June 2006.

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☆ This paper was presented, in part, at the sixth European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Open Meeting, September 2002, Budapest, Hungary (poster), at the 13th Annual Educational Symposium of The Wound Healing Society, May 2003, Seattle, USA (oral) and at the 13th European Wound Management Association Conference, May 2003, Pisa, Italy (oral).This work was supported, in part, by the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Esser foundation, and KCI Medical, Houten, The Netherlands. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

PII: S1748-6815(06)00348-2

doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2006.01.041

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 6 , Pages 672-681, June 2007

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