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Topical negative pressure versus closed surgical

wound drainage:a difference in philosophy

P.E. Banwell, BSC, MBBS, FRCS (PLAST) Anaesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellow, McIndoe Surgical Centre, East Grinstead, UK; S. Ahmed, Research Fellow, Odstock Burns,

Wound Healing and Reconstructive Surgery Charitable Trust, Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury, UK; L. Téot, MD, Burns Unit, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France. Email:

pbanwell@aol.com

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Choice of dressing has amajor impact on blisteringand healing outcomes in

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T. Cosker, I MRCS (Eng), Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics; S. Elsayed, I MRCS (Eng),Clinical Research Fellow in Trauma and Orthopaedics; S. Gupta, I FRCS (Orth). Specialist Registrar inTrauma and Orthopaedics; A.D. Mendonca, MRCS (Glas), Senior House Officer in Burns and Plastic

Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK; K.J.J. Tayton, I FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon;I Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, Gwent, UK. Email: tomcosker@hotmail.com