A prospective, single-center, nonblinded, comparative, postmarket clinical evaluation of a bovine-derived collagen with ionic silver dressing versus a carboxymethylcellulose and ionic silver dressing for the reduction of bioburden in variable-etiology, bilateral lower-extremity wounds

Advances in Skin and Wound Care

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 220-225

  Manizate, Fotini ^a   Fuller, Amy ^a,b   Gendics, Cynthia ^a,b   Lantis II, John C ^a,b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Vascular Clinical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; COLLAGEN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LEG; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VARICOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANDAGES; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE SODIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLLAGEN; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILVER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84863650209     PISSN: 15277941     EISSN: 15388654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000414705.56138.65     Document Type: Article

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