Wound closure after split-thickness skin grafting is accelerated with the use of continuous direct anodal microcurrent applied to silver nylon wound contact dressings

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 703-707

  Huckfeldt, Roger ^a   Flick, A Bart ^b   Mikkelson, Debbie ^a   Lowe, Cindy ^a   Finley, Phillip J ^a  

^a St John's Hospital   (United States)

^b Mountain Medical Specialties Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN EXCISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GAUZE DRESSING; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BANDAGES; BURNS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYLONS; SILVER; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34548851956     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0B013E318148C945     Document Type: Article

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