Efficacy of laser debridement with autologous split-thickness skin grafting in promoting improved healing of deep cutaneous sulfur mustard burns

Burns

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 719-730

  Graham, John S ^a   Schomacker, Kevin T ^b   Glatter, Robert D ^b   Briscoe, Crystal M ^a   Braue Jr , Ernest H ^a   Squibb, Katherine S ^c  

^a US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Laser debridement; Skin grafting; Sulfur mustard; Wound contraction

Indexed keywords

MUSTARD GAS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN INFECTION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GEOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; SKIN ULCER; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASER SURGERY; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSTARD GAS; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SUS SCROFA; WEANING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036896738     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(02)00198-5     Document Type: Article

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