Occlusive dressing versus petroleum gauze on drainage wounds.
Two different wound dressings were tested on human drainage wounds. Improved healing was observed under an occlusive, oxygen-impermeable hydrocolloid dressing compared with petroleum gauze. Infection tendency was not increased under the occlusive dressing.
Alsbjörn
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ovesen
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Walther-Larsen
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001458:Bandages; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009779:Occlusive Dressings; D010577:Petrolatum / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000473:pathology; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
D010577:Petrolatum