The prognostic factors regarding long-term functional outcome of full-thickness hand burns

Burns

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 709-714

  Van Zuijlen, P P M ^a   Kreis, R W ^a   Vloemans, A F P M ^a   Groenevelt, F ^a   Mackie, D P ^a  

^a Burns Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burns; Disability; Function; Hands; Outcome; Skin grafting; Wound repair

Indexed keywords

FLAMMACERIUM; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; HAND BURN; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 0032748249     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(99)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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