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Vacuum-Assisted Closure Helps Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers
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Title Vacuum-Assisted Closure Helps Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/573136?src=rss
Description Negative pressure wound therapy using a vacuum system appears to offer advantages over advanced moist wound therapy in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers, according to study findings reported in the April issue of Diabetes Care. Reuters Health Information
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Date Apr 18, 2008
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