Use of Transcyte® and dermabrasion to treat burns reduces length of stay in burns of all size and etiology

Burns

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 828-832

  Amani, Hamed ^a   Dougherty, William R ^b   Blome Eberwein, Sigrid ^c  

^a EASTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermabrasion; Length of stay; Partial thickness burn; Transcyte

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROBLAST; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONE TAILED TEST; PATHOGENESIS; REGISTER; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN GRAFT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

BIOMATERIAL; TRANSCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; COST SAVINGS; DERMABRASION; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33748978761     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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