Extended time to wound closure is associated with increased risk of heterotopic ossification of the elbow

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 447-450

  Klein, Matthew B ^a   Logsetty, Sarvesh ^b   Costa, Beth ^a   Deters, Levi ^a   Rue, Tessa C ^c   Carrougher, Gretchen J ^a   Pickens, Maureen ^a   Engrav, Loren H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW BURN; ELBOW HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; FASCIA; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCLE FLAP; REGISTER; RISK; SEX; SKIN GRAFT; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY DELAY; TISSUE FLAP; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; BURNS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34248344657     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0B013E318053D378     Document Type: Article

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