Addition of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy to Standard Gauze Dressings for Acute Wounds in a Limited-Resource Setting

Randomized Trial Comparing the Negative Pressure Wound Therapy to Standard Gauze Dressings for Acute Wounds in Mbingo Baptist Hospital, Cameroon
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