Asian Journal of Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 135-139 , July 2006

Use of Vacuum-assisted Wound Closure to Manage Limb Wounds in Patients Suffering from Acute Necrotizing Fasciitis

  • Wen-Shyan Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Zouying Armed Forces Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Shang-Chin Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Zouying Armed Forces Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Sheng Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Zouying Armed Forces Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Shang-Chin Hsieh, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Zouying Armed Forces Hospital, 553 Chun Hiao Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jen-Yu Schoung

      Affiliations

    • Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Zouying Armed Forces Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ted Huang

      Affiliations

    • Shriners Burn Hospital for Children, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA

,Accepted 6 November 2005.

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PII: S1015-9584(09)60072-5

doi: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60072-5

Asian Journal of Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 135-139 , July 2006

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