Cutometrical measurement confirms the efficacy of the composite skin grafting using allogeneic acellular dermis in burns

Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 59-64

  Šín, Petr ^a   Brychta, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Allogeneic acellular dermis; Composite skin grafting; Cutometer; Full thickness burns

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOSITE SKIN GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PLIABILITY; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; THICKNESS; VASCULARIZATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33748502767     PISSN: 00015423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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