A ten-year experience with pediatric face grafts

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 576-584

  Greenhalgh, David G ^a   Hinchcliff, Katharine ^b   Sen, Soman ^b   Palmieri, Tina L ^b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EXCISION; FACE BURN; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; GRAFT FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; SKIN AUTOGRAFT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THIRD DEGREE RELATIVE;

BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTHETICS; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84885293657     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3182a22ea5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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