An individualized approach to severe elbow burn contractures

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kung, Theodore A ^a   Jebson, Peter J L ^a   Cederna, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SCAR;

BURNS; CICATRIX; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84859364775     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182450c0c     Document Type: Article

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