Delayed primary excision and grafting of full thickness alkali burns of the hand and forearm

Burns

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 398-400

  Al Qattan, M M ^a   Pitkanen, J ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Alkali; Burns; Chemical burns; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN EXCISION; CAUSTIC BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOREARM; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADULT; ALKALIES; BURNS, CHEMICAL; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOREARM INJURIES; HAND INJURIES; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0035371719     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(00)00141-8     Document Type: Article

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