The place of 'contact media' in a burn scar management programme

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-27

  Davey, R B ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burn scar hypertrophy; Contact media; Mode of action of contact media

Indexed keywords

SILICONE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ARTICLE; BURN; BURN SCAR; CAPILLARY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTROPHY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; STRATUM CORNEUM; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 0031910853     PISSN: 0930343X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01152419     Document Type: Article

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