Burns
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1097-1103 , December 2009

Comparison of efficacy of silicone gel, silicone gel sheeting, and topical onion extract including heparin and allantoin for the treatment of postburn hypertrophic scars

  • Huseyin Karagoz

      Affiliations

    • Maresal Cakmak Military Hospital, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Fuat Yuksel

      Affiliations

    • Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
    • ,
  • Ersin Ulkur

      Affiliations

    • Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
    • ,
  • Rahmi Evinc

      Affiliations

    • Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey

,Accepted 2 June 2009.

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PII: S0305-4179(09)00384-2

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.06.206

Burns
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1097-1103 , December 2009

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