Effects of a silicone-coated polyamide net dressing and calcium alginate on the healing of split skin graft donor sites: A prospective randomised trial

Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-6

  O'Donoghue, J M ^a,b   O'Sullivan, S T ^a   O'Shaughnessy, M ^a   O'Connor, T P F ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium alginate; Donor site; Dressings; Silicone; Split skin graft

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CALCIUM ALGINATE; PARAFFIN; POLYAMIDE; SILICONE;

ADHESION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ALGINATES; FEMALE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0034027249     PISSN: 00015423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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