Versatility of tissue expansion in head and neck burn reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-16

  Chun, Joseph T ^a,c   Rohrich, Rod J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Physicians' Office Building III   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN CONTRACTURE; CHEEK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IMPLANT; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; NECK; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE EXPANSION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; BURNS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK INJURIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE EXPANDERS; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031847231     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199807000-00003     Document Type: Article

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