Permanent grafting of living skin substitutes: Surgical parameters to control for successful results

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-13

  Xu, W ^b   Germain, L ^b   Goulet, F ^b   Auger, F A ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BURNS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0030070443     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199601000-00005     Document Type: Article

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