Surgical Excision of the Burn Wound

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 617-625

  Mosier, Michael J ^a   Gibran, Nicole S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Autograft; Blood loss; Burns; Excision and grafting; Hemostasis; Skin substitute; Surgical excision

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

BLEEDING; BURN; BURN EXCISION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FACE BURN; GENITAL INJURY; HAND BURN; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOURNIQUET; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

BANDAGES; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BURNS; FACE; GENITALIA; HAND; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70349322686     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2009.05.006     Document Type: Review

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