Pressure garments for use in the treatment of hypertrophic scars - A review of the problems associated with their use

Burns

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-15

  Macintyre, Lisa ^a   Baird, Margot ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic scars; Pressure garments; Pressure therapy

Indexed keywords

BLISTER; ECZEMA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MAST SUIT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRURITUS; RASH; REVIEW; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SKIN ULCER; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GRAVITY SUITS; HUMANS;

EID: 30544446178     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.06.018     Document Type: Review

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