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Base Debridement Reporting on Area of Wound

Published on Mon Nov 09, 2015

Question: Our FP recently treated a patient with multiple extensive wounds requiring repeated debridement and other modalities, including hyperbaric oxygen chamber treatments. The combined total surface area exceeds 180 sq cm. Wounds are located on both right (up to 30 sq cm) and left calves (45 sq cm), heels of both feet (right 30 sq cm, left 25 sq cm) and [...]
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