Occlusive dressing versus oxygen mist therapy following CO2 laser resurfacing

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 572-576

  Onouye, Teri ^a   Menaker, Gregg ^b   Christian, Mary ^c   Moy, Ronald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ACNE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; NEBULIZATION; OINTMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SKIN SCAR; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; FACE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; OXYGEN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RHYTIDOPLASTY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0033934877     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2000.99060.x     Document Type: Article

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