Dressings for venous leg ulcers: Systematic review and meta-analysis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7613, 2007, Pages 244-248

  Palfreyman, Simon ^a   Nelson, E Andrea ^b   Michaels, Jonathan A ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID DRESSING; HYDROGEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG ULCER; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULCER HEALING; WOUND DRESSING; BANDAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; ECONOMICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

BANDAGES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34547743329     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39248.634977.AE     Document Type: Article

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