The use of bioelectric dressings in skin graft harvest sites: A prospective case series

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 354-357

  Blount, Andrew L ^a   Foster, Sarah ^a   Rapp, Derek A ^a   Wilcox, Richard ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Blodgett Hospital Regional Burn Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BIOENERGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANT DONOR SITE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84861196654     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31823356e4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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