Use of a new hemicellulose dressing (Veloderm®) for the treatment of split-thickness skin graft donor sites. A within-patient controlled study

Burns

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 964-972

  Melandri, Davide ^a   De Angelis, Armando ^b   Orioli, Roberto ^a   Ponzielli, Giovanni ^b   Lualdi, Paolo ^c   Giarratana, Nadia ^c   Reiner, Valentina ^c  

^a BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c APR Applied Pharma Research SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Burn dressing; Donor site; Donor site dressing; Hemicellulose; Split thickness skin grafting (STSG)

Indexed keywords

HEMICELLULOSE;

ADULT; AGED; APPLICATION SITE PAIN; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; EPITHELIZATION; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETICS; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; SAFETY; SCAR FORMATION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CICATRIX; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33750442877     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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