Post-burn axillary contractures in pediatric patients: A retrospective survey of management and outcome

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1190-1195

  Asuku, Malachy E ^a   Ibrahim, Abdulrasheed ^a   Ijekeye, Ferdinand O ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Axillary contracture; Fasciocutaneous flap; Functional outcome; Local flaps; Skin grafts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BURN CONTRACTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SPLINTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AXILLA; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54449098459     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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