Management of split skin graft donor sites - results of a national survey

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1677-1683

  Geary, P M ^a   Tiernan, E ^a  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

donor site; dressing; Skin graft; Survey

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BIOBRANE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; DERMATOME; DONOR SITE; FOREARM; HEALTH SURVEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCALP; SCALPEL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGEON; THENAR; THIGH; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; ADULT; AGED; BANDAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ALGINATES; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BANDAGES; CHILD; DRUG UTILIZATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 73349134688     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.07.036     Document Type: Article

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