Pressure garment therapy alone and in combination with silicone for the prevention of hypertrophic scarring: Randomized controlled trial with intraindividual comparison

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Steinstraesser, Lars ^a   Flak, Ewa ^a   Witte, Bernd ^a   Ring, Andrej ^a   Tilkorn, Daniel ^a   Hauser, Jörg ^a   Langer, Stefan ^a   Steinau, Hans Ulrich ^a   Al Benna, Sammy ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE GEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; COMPRESSION BANDAGES; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICONE GELS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 80052981843     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182268c69     Document Type: Article

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