Porcine dermis dressing versus Bisgaard therapy for leg ulcers.
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Pinch skin grafting or porcine dermis in venous ulcers.
Chronic venous ulcers are common, and even with effective compression or elevation large ulcers may take months to heal. Pinch skin grafting may allow healing from epithelial islands throughout the surface area of the ulcer, and a prospective randomised trial was therefore conducted comparing this treatment with porcine dermis dressings. Most patients were treated as outpatients, 25 ulcers bein...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1976
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.6036.641-d