Efficacy of tangential excision and immediate autografting of deep second-degree burns of the hand

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1979, Pages 670-673

  Levine, Barry A ^a   Sirinek, Kenneth R ^a   Peterson, Hugh D ^a   Pruitt, Basil A ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOGRAFT; BURN; BURN EXCISION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; HAND; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0018609476     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-197909000-00006     Document Type: Article

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