Unna's Boot vs Polyurethane Foam Dressings for the Treatment of Venous Ulceration: A Randomized Prospective Study

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 489-490

  Rubin, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Alexander, Jeffrey ^c   Plecha, Edward J ^b   Marman, Cynthia ^a  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULCER; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

BANDAGES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDIES; POLYURETHANES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0025271103     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1990.01410160075016     Document Type: Article

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