Cost-efficacy of cultured epidermal autografts in massive pediatric burns

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 231, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 869-876

  Barret, Juan P ^a,b   Wolf, Steven E ^a,c   Desai, Manubhai H ^a   Herndon, David N ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CELL CULTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; THICKNESS; WOUND CLOSURE;

BURNS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEXAS;

EID: 0034078905     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200006000-00011     Document Type: Article

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