Histological comparison of postoperative wound care regimens for laser resurfacing in a porcine model

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 387-393

  Davis, Stephen C ^a   Badiavas, Evangelos ^a   Rendon Pellerano, Marta I ^b   Pardo, Rube J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c Laser Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PETROLEUM; XIPAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CELL INFILTRATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; FOAM; HISTOLOGY; HYDROCOLLOID; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; OINTMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SWINE; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LASERS; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033049361     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.1999.08116.x     Document Type: Article

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