A randomized controlled trial of hydrocolloid dressing in the treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 775-778

  Phillips, Tania J ^a   Gerstein, A David ^a   Lordan, Veronica ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KELOID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN SURGERY; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0029911498     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1996.tb00728.x     Document Type: Article

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