Dressed to heal: New options for graft site dressing

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-158

  Wilson, Perry R ^a,b  

^a Toowoomba Eye and Skin Clinic   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium alginate; Hydrocolloid; Pexing sutures; Skin graft; Telfa; Tie over dressings

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; HEXURONIC ACID;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLASSIFICATION; COLLOID; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXUDATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; PRESSURE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND HEALING;

ABSORPTION; ALGINATES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANDAGES; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COLLOIDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; GLUCURONIC ACID; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMOSTATICS; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; PRESSURE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030210144     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1996.tb01039.x     Document Type: Article

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