Amnion in the treatment of pediatric partial-thickness facial burns

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 393-399

  Branski, Ludwik K ^a   Herndon, David N ^a   Celis, Mario M ^a   Norbury, William B ^a   Masters, Oscar E ^a   Jeschke, Marc G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnion; Clinical trial; Partial thickness burns; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; BACITRACIN PLUS NYSTATIN PLUS POLYMYXIN B; NYSTATIN; POLYMYXIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE BURN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; AMNION; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; FACIAL INJURIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40749108819     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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