Gentamicin ointment versus petrolatum for management of auricular wounds

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 664-669

  Campbell, Ross M ^a   Perlis, Clifford S ^a   Fisher, Emily ^b   Gloster Jr , Hugh M ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; PETROLATUM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMOSURGERY; CHONDRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; EAR INJURY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHONDROPATHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR TUMOR; FEMALE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARTILAGE DISEASES; EAR NEOPLASMS; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOHS SURGERY; PETROLATUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 22844449686     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200506000-00009     Document Type: Article

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