Alginate dressings for venous leg ulcers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  O'Meara, Susan ^a   Martyn St James, Marrissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALGINATE; ALGINIC ACID;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEMIPERMEABLE DRESSING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; AGED; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; FEMALE; HYDROCOLLOID DRESSING; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; VARICOSIS;

AGED; ALGINATES; BANDAGES, HYDROCOLLOID; COMPRESSION BANDAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 84880660711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010182.pub2     Document Type: Review

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