Update on the use of collagen/glycosaminoglycate skin substitute - Six years of experiences with artificial skin in 15 German burn centers

Burns

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 471-475

  Heitland, A ^a   Piatkowski, A ^a   Noah, E M ^a   Pallua, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial skin; Integra; Retrospective study; Soft tissue reconstruction

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; BURN; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COLLAGEN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GERMANY; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 3042685018     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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