Programme Grants for Applied Research - RP-PG-0609-10171

Surgical wounds healing by secondary intention: characterising and quantifying the problem and identifying effective treatments

Project title: Surgical wounds healing by secondary intention: characterising and quantifying the problem and identifying effective treatments

Chief investigator: Professor Ian Chetter

Lead Author: Professor Ian Chetter

Contractor: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Cost: £2,048,188.00

Started: June 2011 | Status: Research in progress

This research programme improves understanding of surgical wounds healing by secondary intention and the effectiveness of current treatments, and a full trial of negative pressure wound therapy is feasible.

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