The burned hand: Optimizing long-term outcomes with a standardized approach to acute and subacute care

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 515-527

  Cartotto, Robert ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DEBRIDEMENT; ESCHAROTOMY; HAND BURN; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND CARE;

AMBULATORY CARE; BURNS; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HAND INJURIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 31844431556     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2005.05.009     Document Type: Review

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