Experience of 14 years of emergency reconstruction of electrical injuries

Burns

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-72

  Zhu, Zhi Xiang ^a   Xu, Xiao Guang ^a   Li, Wei Ping ^a   Wang, Dao Xin ^a   Zhang, Li Yong ^a   Chen, Li Ying ^a   Liu, Tian Yi ^a  

^a Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen   (China)

Author keywords

Electrical injuries; Emergency; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; LIDOCAINE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTRIC BURN; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TENDON; TISSUE FLAP; TISSUE NECROSIS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE REPAIR; VESSEL; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND IRRIGATION;

BURNS, ELECTRIC; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTRIC INJURIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB SALVAGE; NECROSIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0037304259     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(02)00204-8     Document Type: Article

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