Efficacy, tolerability and patient benefit of ultrasound-assisted wound treatment versus surgical debridement: A randomized clinical study

Dermatology

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-249

  Herberger, Katharina ^a   Franzke, Nadine ^a   Blome, Christine ^a   Kirsten, Nathalie ^a   Augustin, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic wounds; Clinical trial; Leg ulcer; Surgical debridement; Tolerability; Ultrasound assisted wound treatment

Indexed keywords

EMLA; FIBRIN;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC WOUND; DEBRIDEMENT; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND ASSISTED WOUND TREATMENT; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79959928341     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326116     Document Type: Article

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