The Unna "cap" as a scalp donor site dressing

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-188

  Summer, G J ^a,c   Hansen, F L ^a,b   Costa, B A ^b   Engrav, L H ^b   Sharar, S R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; XIPAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DONOR SITE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALP; SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BANDAGES; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0033062655     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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