Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift für alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
[Effect of recombinant growth hormone on wound healing in severely burned adults. A placebo controlled, randomized double-blind phase II study].
Recombinant growth hormone (rGH) has been used successfully in burned children with a shortened donor-site healing time and length of hospital stay as well as a protein-sparing effect. In adult burn patients, no comparable study exists to date. ⋯ In severely burned adult patients rGH has no positive effect on burn wound or donor-site healing.