title: The management of lower extremity wounds using topical negative pressure.
abstract: The delivery of topical pressures at subatmospheric levels to heal acute and chronic wounds has been widely reported. This article reviews the role of this therapeutic modality to treat wounds of the lower extremity. Recent literature is re-viewed, and mechanisms of action of this process are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Petrie
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Potter
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Banwell