Use of dermal regeneration template in contracture release procedures: A multicenter evaluation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1330-1338

  Frame, James D ^a   Still, Joseph ^b   Lakhel LeCoadou, Anne ^b   Carstens, Michael H ^b   Lorenz, Christian ^b   Orlet, Hermann ^b   Spence, Robert ^b   Berger, Alfred C ^b   Dantzer, Eric ^b   Burd, Andrew ^b  

^a Spingfield Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE; BIOMATERIAL; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; COLLAGEN; INTEGRA ARTIFICIAL SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; BURN CONTRACTURE; BURN SCAR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMAL REGENERATIVE TEMPLATE; DONOR SITE; DONOR SITE MORBIDITY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; INFANT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODERMIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SILICONE EPITHELIAL SUBSTITUTE; SKIN; SKIN AUTOGRAFT; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CONTRACTURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCAR; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; CICATRIX; COLLAGEN; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342637697     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000111883.93604.85     Document Type: Article

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