The treatment of hand burns

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-337

  Kamolz, Lars Peter ^a   Kitzinger, Hugo B ^a   Karle, Birgit ^a   Frey, Manfred ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epidermal replacements; Grafting; Hand burns; Reconstruction; Skin substitutes; Splinting; Surgery

Indexed keywords

DEXPANTHENOL; POVIDONE IODINE; REPITHEL; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BURN SCAR; ESCHAROTOMY; GAUZE DRESSING; HAND AMPUTATION; HAND BURN; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SPLINTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND; WOUND CLOSURE; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; BURNS; ELASTICITY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLINT; WOUND HEALING;

BURNS; ELASTICITY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; SPLINTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 61549135464     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.08.004     Document Type: Review

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