Closure of the Excised Burn Wound: Temporary Skin Substitutes

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 627-641

  Saffle, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Burns; Excision; Skin banking; Xenograft

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BIOBRANE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

AMNION; BIOLOGY; BURN; BURN EXCISION; CADAVER DONOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FACE BURN; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; SKIN AUTOGRAFT; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; XENOGRAFT;

BURNS; HUMANS; INFECTION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70349308492     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2009.05.005     Document Type: Review

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