Healing of porcine donor sites covered with silver-coated dressings

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 486-489

  Olson, Merle E ^a   Wright, J Barry ^b   Lam, Kan ^b   Burrell, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Westaim Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Autograft; Burns; Infection control; Model; Nanocrystalline; Re epithelialisation

Indexed keywords

PETROLATUM; SILVER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BURN; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DONOR SITE; EPITHELIZATION; HEALING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0034045356     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241500750008817     Document Type: Article

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