12-Year within-wound study of the effectiveness of custom pressure garment therapy

Burns

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 975-983

  Engrav, L H ^a   Heimbach, D M ^a   Rivara, F P ^b,d   Moore, M L ^c   Wang, J ^d   Carrougher, G J ^a,c   Costa, B ^c   Numhom, S ^a,e   Calderon, J ^a   Gibran, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Burns; Colorimeter; Durometer; Fibroproliferation; Hypertrophic scar; I Scan; Pressure garment therapy; Thermal injury; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HARDNESS; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; THICKNESS; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CHILD; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PRESSURE; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957601658     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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