Comparative study of skin grafting with and without surgical removal of granulation tissue in chronic burn wounds

Burns

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 872-878

  Dhar, Sanjay ^a   Saraf, Rakesh ^a   Gupta, Anand K ^a   Raina, Bhavani ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic burn wound; Cosmetic appearance; Graft uptake; Skin grafting

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BURN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; OPERATION DURATION; PSEUDOMONAS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BURNS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34548473843     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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