Prevention of scars. A controlled long-term study of the effect of hydrocolloid occlusive bandages after thoracic surgery in children
Andersen, A.S.; Hjellestad, M.; Drevdal, J.; Segadal, L.; Røttingen, J.T.; Skolleborg, K.C.
Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening Tidsskrift for Praktisk Medicin Ny Raekke 111(6): 701-703
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-2001 PMID: 2008690 Document Number: 4498
We examined the development of hypertrophic scarring in 38 children undergoing thoracic surgery. The patients were observed for average 14 months. A treatment group receiving hydrocolloid occlusive bandage (DuoDERM ConvaTec, Squibb) was compared with a control group. Although the difference between the groups did not reach statistical significance there was a clear tendency towards better prevention of hypertrophic scarring in the group treated with hydrocolloid occlusive bandage.
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