A randomised clinical trial comparing a hydrocolloid-derived dressing and glycerol preserved allograft skin in the management of partial thickness burns

Burns

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 702-710

  Vloemans, A F P M ^a   Soesman, A M ^a   Suijker, M ^a   Kreis, R W ^a,b   Middelkoop, E ^a,c  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Burns Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allograft; Burns; Cadaver skin; Hydrofibre ; Partial thickness burns; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; GLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN DRESSING; BURN SCAR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFANT; MALE; PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN; PLIABILITY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0141923600     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(03)00161-X     Document Type: Article

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