The use of pressure and silicone in hypertrophic scar management in burns patients: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 632-642

  Harte, Daniel ^a   Gordon, Jude ^a   Shaw, Maxine ^a   Stinson, May ^b   Porter Armstrong, Alison ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN PATIENT; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; JOBSKIN PRESSURE GARMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PIGMENTATION; PILOT STUDY; PLIABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULARIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAST SUIT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; FEMALE; GRAVITY SUITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE; SILICONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69249212523     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181ac01a3     Document Type: Article

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