Skin grafting of full thickness burns under local anaesthesia with EMLA® cream

Burns

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-263

  Janežič, Tomaž F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; EMLA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; THERMAL INJURY; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BURNS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; OINTMENTS; PRILOCAINE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032079091     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(97)00118-6     Document Type: Article

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