Integra as a dermal replacement in a meshed composite skin graft in a rat model: a one-step operative procedure

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 122-129

  Chu, Chi Sing ^a   McManus, Albert T ^a   Matylevich, Natalia P ^a   Goodwin, Cleon W ^a   Pruitt, Basil A ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOBRANE; COLLAGEN; NYLON; PETROLATUM; SILICON; SILVER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AUTOGRAFT; COMPOSITE SKIN GRAFT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HAIR GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COLLAGEN; DERMIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0036153705     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200201000-00021     Document Type: Article

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