Topical silicone gel versus placebo in promoting the maturation of burn scars: A randomized controlled trial

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 524-531

  Van Der Wal, Martijn B A ^b   Van Zuijlen, Paul P ^b   Van De Ven, Peter ^b   Middelkoop, Esther ^a  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE GEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; DERMOSCOPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICONE GELS; SKIN ABSORPTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955380676     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181e09559     Document Type: Article

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