Randomized trial of two foam dressings in the management of chronic venous ulceration

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-202

  Franks, Peter J ^a   Moody, Marion ^a   Moffatt, Christine J ^a   Hiskett, Gill ^b   Gatto, Pauline ^c   Davies, Claire ^c   Furlong, Winnie T ^d   Barrow, Erica ^e   Thomas, Hazel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUDLEY GROUP OF HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e North Dorset Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLEVYN HYDROCELLULAR; ARTICLE; BANDAGING TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FOAM DRESSING; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEPILEX; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN MACERATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULCER; ULCER HEALING; VEIN DISEASE; WOUND CLOSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYURETHANES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33847732289     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2007.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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