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Comparative Study
. 1990 Mar;156(3):211-3.

Occlusive dressing versus petroleum gauze on drainage wounds

B F Alsbjörn  1 , H Ovesen, S Walther-Larsen
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  • PMID: 2336914
Comparative Study

Occlusive dressing versus petroleum gauze on drainage wounds

B F Alsbjörn et al. Acta Chir Scand. 1990 Mar.

Abstract

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.

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