Skin substitutes in burn carei

Wounds

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 203-205

  Paul, Chester N ^a  

^a Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Autolytic debridement; Compression stockings; Delayed wound healing; Diabetic foot wounds; Impaired wound healing; Mechanical debridement; Pressure dressing; Surgical debridement; Wound fibroblasts; Wound necrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 49449109640     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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