Journal of the American College of Certified Wound Specialists
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 35-39 , January 2009

A Primer on Wound Bed Preparation

  • Chuck Gokoo, MD, CMO CWS, FACCWS

      Affiliations

    • Chief Medical Officer for American Medical Technologies, Irving, Texas, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

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PII: S1876-4983(08)00006-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcws.2008.10.001

Journal of the American College of Certified Wound Specialists
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 35-39 , January 2009