Beverwijk and Amsterdam, The Netherlands
From the Burn Center and the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgery, Red Cross Hospital; the Association of Dutch Burn Centers; and the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgery, VU University Medical Center.
Received for publication December 9, 2009; accepted February 9, 2010.
Presented at the Second SCAR Meeting, “Scar Management 2008,” in Montpellier, France, September 25 through 27, 2008, and the Scientific Meeting of the Dutch Association for Plastic Surgeons, in Utrecht, The Netherlands, April 4, 2009.
This trial was registered on October 22, 2007, at www.clinicaltrials.gov/ under the name “Effectivity of Dermatix in Promoting Scar Maturation.” The identification number is DERMO0501.
Disclosure: The Association of Dutch Burn Centers received financial support from Meda Pharma BV for a part of this study. The Dermatix topical silicone gel was kindly provided by Meda Pharma BV. The authors have no commercial associations that might pose or create a conflict of interest with information presented in this article.
Esther Middelkoop, Ph.D., Red Cross Hospital, P.O. Box 1074, 1940 EB Beverwijk, The Netherlands, [email protected]
