Electrical burn injuries. Some unusual clinical situations and management

Burns

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 653-665

  Dega, Sreevalli ^a   Gnaneswar, S G ^a   Rao, P Rambhupal ^a   Ramani, Parvati ^a   Krishna, D Mohan ^a  

^a GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Burn; Electrical injury; Flaps; Limb amputation; Progressive necrosis; Stable wound; Vascular damage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTRIC BURN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN FLAP; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND CARE;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMPUTATION; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249949164     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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