The use of split-thickness dermal grafts to resurface full thickness skin defects

Burns

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 752-759

  Rubis, Brent A ^a   Danikas, Dimitrios ^a   Neumeister, Michael ^a   Williams, W Geoff ^b   Suchy, Hans ^a   Milner, Stephen M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Burn wounds; Dermal grafts; Split thickness skin grafts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SURFACE; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BURNS; MODELS, ANIMAL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SUS SCROFA; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036896724     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(02)00180-8     Document Type: Article

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