Early excision and grafting versus delayed excision and grafting of deep thermal burns up to 40% total body surface area: A comparison of outcome

Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 143-147

  Saaiq, M ^a   Zaib, S ^a   Ahmad, S ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Deep thermal burns; Delayed excision and grafting; Early excision and grafting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873868800     PISSN: 11211539     EISSN: 15929566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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