EFFECT OF HUMAN AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE AND SALINE SOAKED GAUZE DRESSINGS ON QUANTITATIVE SURFACE BACTERIAL COUNT IN GRANULATING BURN WOUNDS
In a comparative study carried out in 10 major burn patients with granulating wounds, it was found that amniotic membrane is in no way superior to simple saline soaked gauze dressings in either decreasing the bacterial count or preparing the granulating raw area for autogrofting.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
1985-02-01
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| Series: | Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery |
| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1778505 |