Use of Integra® artificial skin is associated with decreased length of stay for severely injured adult burn survivors

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 311-317

  Ryan, Colleen M ^a   Schoenfeld, David A ^a   Malloy, Maryanne ^a   Schulz III, John T ^a   Sheridan, Robert L ^a   Tompkins, Ronald G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVOR; TIME;

BIOMATERIAL; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; COLLAGEN; INTEGRA ARTIFICIAL SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BURNS; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 0036707502     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-200209000-00002     Document Type: Article

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