Burns and amputations: A 24-year experience

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-188

  Kennedy, Peter J ^a   Young, Wayne M ^a   Deva, Anand K ^a   Haertsch, Peter A ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LOWER LEG; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ARM; GENERAL HOSPITAL; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ARM; BURN UNITS; BURNS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745421380     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000203492.89591.A1     Document Type: Article

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