The Foot
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 177-180 , September 2009

Management of a complex hind foot war injury with negative pressure wound therapy: A case study

  • T.J. Bonner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 6 Faraday Court, Durham DH1 4FG, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 191 3839401.
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  • A. Mountain

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, United Kingdom
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  • K. Allison

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, United Kingdom
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  • I. Sargent

      Affiliations

    • The Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham B29 6JD, United Kingdom
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  • S. Adedapo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, United Kingdom

Received 7 November 2008 ,Accepted 11 December 2008.

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PII: S0958-2592(08)00122-3

doi: 10.1016/j.foot.2008.12.003

The Foot
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 177-180 , September 2009

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