A case of successful delayed reconstruction using a collagen based dermal substitute of a chemical burn injury to the face caused by sulphuric acid

Burns

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 280-282

  Noah, E M ^a,b   Unglaub, F ^a   Ulrich, D ^a   Hartmann, T ^a   Pallua, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Rotes Kreuz Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; SULFURIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL BURN; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMIS; DISEASE COURSE; FACE BURN; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COLLAGEN; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECROSIS; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SULFURIC ACIDS;

EID: 1842785721     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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