title: Wound dressing adherence: a clinical comparative study.
abstract: This prospective study was undertaken to compare the adherence of dressings currently used as non-adherent dressings. Four different dressings were studied on a total of 40 patients. An overall adherence of 50% was encountered, Silicon Polymer Foam being the most successful under the trial conditions.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Malone
mesh_terms: D000268:Adhesiveness; D000328:Adult; D001458:Bandages / Q000191:economics; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011897:Random Allocation