Plantar burns in children: Epidemiology and sequelae

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 462-464

  Barret, Juan P ^a,b,c   Herndon, David N ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b St Andrews Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burns; Children; Foot; Outcome; Plantar

Indexed keywords

SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BURN; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; GAIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

BURNS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 7044232078     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000136973.62109.cf     Document Type: Article

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