A New Approach to Local Burn Wound Care: Moist Exposed Therapy. A Multiphase, Multicenter Study
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Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, General State Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece, Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn Center Region Piemonte, Torino, Italy, Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn Center, Palermo, Italy, Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, Drug Research Center, Dubai, UAE
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STUDIES ON BURN INJURIES 4.1 A New Approach to Local Burn Wound Care: Moist Exposed Therapy. A Multiphase, Multicenter Study
One hundred and thirty-eight (138) patients, with five hundred and sixty-six (566) different burn sites with different degrees, severity and locations, were enrolled to a multicenter clinical trial at 25 study centers. The aim of this study was to explore the therapeutic effectiveness of MEBO and to gain more experience in its use in the Middle East. Various parameters were studied including: (...
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