Simple heparin dressing may reduce scars and pain after skin grafts
Disease control
Completed
This study tested whether a dressing soaked in heparin, a blood-thinning medicine, can prevent thick, raised scars and reduce pain at the site where skin is taken for a graft. 400 patients each had one donor site treated with standard care and the other with a heparin dressing. T…
Phase: NA • Sponsor: Dr. Ruth K.M. Pfau Civil Hospital, Karachi • Aim: Disease control
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