Breast burns are not benign: Long-term outcomes of burns to the breast in pre-pubertal girls

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 412-417

  Foley, P ^a   Jeeves, A ^a   Davey, R B ^a   Sparnon, A L ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast burns; Breast development; Burn scars; Burns reconstructive surgery; Chest burns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST INJURY; BREAST REDUCTION; BURN; BURN CONTRACTURE; BURN SCAR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREPUBERTY; SCALD; SKIN ABRASION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; BREAST; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACTURE; HUMANS; INFANT; PUBERTY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 40749156975     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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