Wound bed preparation with 10 percent phenytoin ointment increases the take of split-thickness skin graft in large diabetic ulcers

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Younes, Nidal ^a   Albsoul, Abla ^b   Badran, Darwish ^a   Obedi, Salwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; MALE; OINTMENT; SKIN AUTOGRAFT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; AMPUTATION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FOOT ULCER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; DRUG EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; PHENYTOIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33750938452     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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