title: [The treatment of slowly healing wounds with collagen and growth factors].
abstract: Experience had with the local application of collagen and autologous growth factors, isolated from platelets, in 35 patients presenting chronic, slowly healing wounds, treated with conventional methods, is discussed. In 24 cases of the series reviewed the wounds undergo epithelization within six weeks, and in the remainder (11)-within 10 weeks. As shown by the results, the healing process is quicker in wounds of patients treated with growth factors in combination with collagen, as compared to the control group--p(t) > 0.05.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baĭchev
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Penkova
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Deliĭski
mesh_terms: D003094:Collagen / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006097:Granulation Tissue / Q000187:drug effects; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D003094:Collagen
vernacular_title: Lechenie na bavno zazdraviavashti rani s kolagen i rastezhni faktori.