Experience of silicone gel sheets for patients with keloid scars after median sternotomy

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 467-470

  Sakuraba, Motoki ^a   Takahashi, Nobumasa ^a   Akahoshi, Taku ^a   Miyasaka, Yoshikazu ^a   Suzuki, Kenji ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic scar; Keloid scar; Silicone gel sheet

Indexed keywords

SILICONE GEL; SILICONE GEL SHEET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KELOID; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRURITUS; SKIN REDNESS; STERNOTOMY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SILICONE GELS; STERNOTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958553347     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-010-0605-z     Document Type: Article

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