Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for the management of burn scars

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 778-782

  Fioramonti, Paolo ^a   Cigna, Emanuele ^a   Onesti, Maria G ^a   Fino, Pasquale ^a   Fallico, Nefer ^a   Scuderi, Nicolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN CONTRACTURE; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INSTRUMENT; KELOID; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK WAVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CICATRIX; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860629394     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2012.02355.x     Document Type: Article

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