Prospective, randomized study of the efficacy of pressure garment therapy in patients with burns

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 473-475

  Chang, Phyllis ^a   Laubenthal, K N ^a   Lewis Ii, R W ^a   Rosenquist, M D ^a   Lindley Smith, P ^a   Kealey, Gerald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN COLOR; SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; BANDAGES; BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; CLOTHING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029094520     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199509000-00002     Document Type: Article

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