Clinical evaluation of a new self-drying silicone gel in the treatment of scars: A preliminary report

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-187

  Signorini, Massimo ^a   Clementoni, Matteo Tretti ^a,b  

^a Istituto Dermatologico Europeo   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Keloids; Scar hypertrophy; Scar treatment; Silicone gel

Indexed keywords

DERMATRIX; SILICONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ERUPTION; FOLLOW UP; GEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; KELOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SCAR; SKIN MACERATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE GELS;

EID: 34247212739     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-005-0122-0     Document Type: Article

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