Initial reconstruction of sustained neck and facial burns

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 442-446

  Vehmeyer Heeman, Mariëlle ^a   Nanhekhan, Lloyd ^b   Van Den Kerckhove, Eric ^c   Boeckx, Willy ^b  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c University Hospital Gasthuisberg   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; FLAMMACERIUM; NITROFURAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN EXCISION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL AND NECK BURN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CHILD; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248366539     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0B013E318053D273     Document Type: Article

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