Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 610-613 , March 2007

Lymphorrhea responds to negative pressure wound therapy

Presented at the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of The American Venous Forum, Miami, Fla, Feb 20-26, 2006.

Received 17 July 2006 ,Accepted 14 October 2006.

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 Funding provided by Sigvaris Traveling Fellowship in Venous Disease.

 Competition of interest: The authors have no financial ties with the NPWT product or the corporation manufacturing this product. This undertaking was not supported by the manufacturers of this product.

PII: S0741-5214(06)01973-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.10.043

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 610-613 , March 2007

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