Vacuum-assisted wound closure versus alginate for the treatment of deep perivascular wound infections in the groin after vascular surgery.

Summary, in English

Vacuum-assisted wound closure (VAC) therapy may heal wounds faster than conventional dressings after surgical debridement of perivascular groin infections after vascular surgery.

• Author: Christina Monsen; Christine Wann-Hansson; Catharina Wictorsson; Stefan Acosta
• Department/s: Vascular Diseases - Clinical Research; Older people's health and Person-Centred care
• Publishing year: 2014
• Language: English
• Pages: 145-151
• Publication/Series: Journal of Vascular Surgery
• Volume: 59
• Issue: 1
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24055512?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2013.06.073
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Mosby-Elsevier
• Topic: Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
• Status: Published
• Research group: Vascular Diseases - Clinical Research; Older people's health and Person-Centred care
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1097-6809