Comparison of efficacy of silicone gel, silicone gel sheeting, and topical onion extract including heparin and allantoin for the treatment of postburn hypertrophic scars

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1097-1103

  Karagoz, Huseyin ^a   Yuksel, Fuat ^b   Ulkur, Ersin ^b   Evinc, Rahmi ^b  

^a Maresal Cakmak Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Burn; Onion; Scar; Silicone

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTUBEX; EPI DERM; SCARFADE; SILICONE GEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN SCAR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MALE; PIGMENTATION; PLIABILITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLANTOIN; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SILICONE GELS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350569897     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.06.206     Document Type: Article

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