Alginate dressing and polyurethane film versus paraffin gauze in the treatment of split-thickness skin graft donor sites: A randomized controlled pilot study

Advances in Skin and Wound Care

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 67-73

  Kaiser, Dominik ^a   Hafner, Jürg ^b   Mayer, Dieter ^c   French, Lars E ^d   Läuchli, Severin ^b  

^a Hospital of Schaffhausen   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alginate dressing; Donor sites; Paraffin gauze; Polyurethane film; Split thickness skin graft

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; OPSITE; PARAFFIN; POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DONOR; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGINATES; BANDAGES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FEMALE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYURETHANES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSPLANT DONOR SITE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84876233463     PISSN: 15277941     EISSN: 15388654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000426715.57540.8d     Document Type: Article

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