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Clinical Trial
. 1998 Sep;88(9):452-6.
doi: 10.7547/87507315-88-9-452.

Improved healing with a collagen-alginate dressing in the chemical matricectomy

C C Van Gils  1 , B Roeder, S M Chesler, S Mason
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Clinical Trial

Improved healing with a collagen-alginate dressing in the chemical matricectomy

C C Van Gils et al. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 1998 Sep.

Abstract

A prospective clinical trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of a collagen-alginate wound dressing in the postoperative management of chemical matricectomies. The study involved 20 patients and 23 separate procedures. The collagen-alginate-dressing treatment group had an average healing time of 24.4 days, compared with 35.8 days for the control group, which received treatment consisting of soaks and daily dressing changes (P < .05). The authors suggest that using a collagen-alginate wound dressing in the postoperative management of chemical matricectomies will shorten healing time, thus reducing infection rates and increasing patient compliance and satisfaction.

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