Early wound closure and early reconstruction. Experience with a dermal substitute in a child with 60 per cent surface area burn

Burns

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 505-508

  Lorenz, Ch ^a   Petracic, A ^a   Hohl, H P ^a   Wessel, L ^a   Waag, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burns; Dermal replacement; Neodermis; Reconstruction; Scar release

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CHONDROITIN 6 SULFATE; COLLAGEN; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; AUTOGRAFT; BURN; BURN CONTRACTURE; BURN SCAR; CASE REPORT; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN SURGERY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND CLOSURE;

BURNS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030695806     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(97)00022-3     Document Type: Article

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