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Wound therapy using the vacuum-assisted closure device: clinical experience with novel indications

Christian Koehler1, Andreas D Niederbichler, Florian J Jung

  • 1Division for Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Zurich University Hospital, Raemistr. 100, 8094 Zurich, Switzerland. christian.koehler@usz.ch

The Journal of Trauma
|September 12, 2008
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