The treatment of sulphur mustard burns with laser debridement

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1087-1093

  Evison, D ^a   Brown, R F R ^a   Rice, P ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burns; Chemical injury; Laser ablation; Sulphur mustard

Indexed keywords

MUSTARD GAS; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHEMICAL BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; LASER SURGERY; LASER THERAPY; MUSTARD GAS; REGENERATION; SWINE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33748713822     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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