Assessment of burn depth and burn wound healing potential

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 761-769

  Monstrey, Stan ^a   Hoeksema, Henk ^a   Verbelen, Jos ^a   Pirayesh, Ali ^a   Blondeel, Phillip ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burn depth; Burns; Diagnosis; Healing potential; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BROMOPHENOL BLUE; DISULFINE BLUE; EVANS BLUE; HEMOGLOBIN; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BURN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROSCOPY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTO ACOUSTIC TECHNIQUE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUNCH BIOPSY; REVIEW; TELEMETRY; THERMOGRAPHY; TISSUE PERFUSION; WOUND HEALING;

BURNS; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 47649085598     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.01.009     Document Type: Review

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