Fourth-degree burns to the lower extremity with exposed tendon and bone: A ten-year experience

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-39

  Parrett, Brian M ^a   Pomahac, Bohdan ^a   Demling, Robert H ^a   Orgill, Dennis P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTEREMIA; BONE INJURY; BURN; BURN UNIT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT INFECTION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; SKIN GRAFT; TENDON INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTEREMIA; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CELLULITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB SALVAGE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VACUUM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33745644312     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bcr.0000192265.20514.c5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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