The mechanisms of action of vacuum assisted closure: more to learn.
Orgill
Dennis P
DP
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA. dorgill@partners.org
Manders
Ernest K
EK
Sumpio
Bauer E
BE
Lee
Raphael C
RC
Attinger
Christopher E
CE
Gurtner
Geoffrey C
GC
Ehrlich
H Paul
HP
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D004487:Edema / Q000517:prevention & control; D013502:General Surgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*