Obesity as an intrinsic factor affecting wound healing
- 2 May 1998
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Mark Allen Group in Journal of Wound Care
- Vol. 7 (5) , 220-221
- https://doi.org/10.12968/jowc.1998.7.5.220
Abstract
This case report illustrates the effects of obesity, both as an intrinsic factor and its effects on extrinsic factors, on the healing process in a surgical woundKeywords
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