Simple dressing technique using polyurethane foam for fixation of skin grafts

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 976-979

  Sakurai, Atsushi ^a   Hashikawa, Kazunobu ^a   Yokoo, Satoshi ^a   Terashi, Hiroto ^a   Tahara, Shinya ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; AGED; BANDAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYURETHANES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 34547130797     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33202.x     Document Type: Article

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