Acute hand burns in children: Management and long-term outcome based on a 10-year experience with 698 injured hands

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 229, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 558-564

  Sheridan, Robert L ^a,b   Baryza, Mary J ^a   Pessina, Monica A ^a   O'Neill, Kim M ^a   Hilary M, Cipullo ^a   Donelan, Matthais B ^a   Ryan, Colleen M ^a   Schulz, John T ^a   Schnitzer, Jay J ^a   Tompkins, Ronald G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND BURN; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLINTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033510550     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199904000-00016     Document Type: Article

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