Closure of the Excised Burn Wound: Autografts, Semipermanent Skin Substitutes, and Permanent Skin Substitutes

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 643-651

  Sheridan, Robert ^a,b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn surgery; Burns; Skin loss; Skin replacement; Skin substitues

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BURN; BURN EXCISION; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPOSITE SKIN GRAFT; DONOR SITE; EPIDERMIS CELL; FIBROBLAST; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; REVIEW; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; SKIN AUTOGRAFT; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN STRUCTURE; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WOUND CLOSURE;

BURNS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70349316524     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2009.05.010     Document Type: Review

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