Comparison of effectiveness of silicone gel sheeting with microporous paper tape in the prevention of hypertrophic scarring in a rabbit model

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-51

  Tollefson, Travis T ^a   Kamangar, Faranak ^a   Aminpour, Shervin ^a   Lee, Andrew ^a   Durbin Johnson, Blythe ^b   Tinling, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE GEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BANDAGES; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SILICONE GELS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857846533     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfacial.2011.62     Document Type: Article

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