The effect of honey-coated bandages compared with silver-coated bandages on treatment of malignant wounds-a randomized study

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 664-670

  Lund Nielsen, Betina ^a   Adamsen, Lis ^a   Kolmos, Hans Jørn ^b   Rørth, Mikael ^c   Tolver, Anders ^d   Gottrup, Finn ^e  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HONEY COATED BANDAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT WOUND; MORPHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SILVER COATED BANDAGE; SURVIVAL TIME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND FLUID; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HONEY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENES; SILVER; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80155148564     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2011.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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