Management of split-thickness donor sites with synthetic wound dressings: Results of a comparative clinical study

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 490-496

  Markl, Peter ^a   Prantl, Lukas ^a   Schreml, Stephan ^a   Babilas, Philipp ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Schwarze, Hardy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biatain; donor site; Mepitel; pain; splitthickness skin graft; Suprathel; wound healing

Indexed keywords

MEPITEL; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SILICONES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149282883     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181d37624     Document Type: Article

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