Randomized placebo-controlled human pilot study of cold atmospheric argon plasma on skin graft donor sites

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 800-807

  Heinlin, Julia ^a   Zimmermann, Julia L ^b   Zeman, Florian ^a   Bunk, Wolfram ^b   Isbary, Georg ^c   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Maisch, Tim ^a   Monetti, Roberto ^b   Morfill, Gregor ^b   Shimizu, Tetsuji ^b   Steinbauer, Julia ^a   Stolz, Wilhelm ^c   Karrer, Sigrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; FIBRIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; BLOOD; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLD ATMOSPHERIC ARGON PLASMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DERMATOLOGIST; DONOR SITE; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN GRAFT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; AGED; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHRONIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RE-EPITHELIALIZATION; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84888132747     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wrr.12078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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