The use of silver coated dressings on donor site wounds: A prospective, controlled matched pair study

Burns

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 621-627

  Innes, Marilyn E ^a   Umraw, Nisha ^a   Fish, Joel S ^a   Gomez, Manuel ^a   Cartotto, Robert C ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burns; Donor site; Occlusive dressing; Re epithelialization; Silver

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; SILVER NITRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DONOR SITE; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SCAR; SKIN GRAFT; SUTURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANDAGES; BURNS; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYURETHANES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034889569     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(01)00015-8     Document Type: Article

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