Octylcyanoacrylate for the treatment of partial-thickness burns in swine: A randomized, controlled experiment

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 688-692

  Singer, Adam J ^a,b   Berrutti, Luis ^a   Thode Jr , Henry C ^a   McClain, Steve A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Healing; Octylcyanoacrylate; Partial thickness; Re epithelialization; Silver sulfadiazine; Skin; Tissue adhesives

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; HEALING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032787467     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00436.x     Document Type: Article

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