Utilization of Silver Hydrogel Sheet Dressing on Postsurgical Incisions: A Pilot Study in Foot and Ankle Surgery

Foot and Ankle Specialist

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 422-433

  Galli, Melissa M ^a   Protzman, Nicole M ^a   Brigido, Stephen A ^a  

^a Department of Foot and Ankle   (United States)

Author keywords

dressings; incision healing; petroleum; silver hydrogel; surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

PETROLATUM; PETROLEUM; SILVER DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRESSINGS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INCISION HEALING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAR; SILVER HYDROGEL; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

DRESSINGS; INCISION HEALING; PETROLEUM; SILVER HYDROGEL; SURGICAL SITE INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; CICATRIX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PETROLATUM; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVER COMPOUNDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84887577802     PISSN: 19386400     EISSN: 19387636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938640013507108     Document Type: Article

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