Application of split-thickness dermal grafts in deep partial- and full-thickness burns: A new source of auto-skin grafting

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Coruh, Atilla ^a   Yontar, Yalcin ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; FULL THICKNESS BURN; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN GRAFT; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL MESH; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSPLANT DONOR SITE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84861182693     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31823499e9     Document Type: Article

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