A classification system for postburn mentosternal contractures

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 671-675

  Onah, Ifeanyichukwu Igwilo ^a,b  

^a National Orthopaedic Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b National Orthopaedic Hospital Enugu   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; BURN CONTRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; NIGERIA; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; NECK; NIGERIA; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; THORACIC WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23244461926     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.140.7.671     Document Type: Article

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