Early experience with biobrane™ in Singapore in the management of partial thickness burns

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 196-200

  Wee Cheah, Andrew Kim ^a   Chong, Si Jack ^a   Tan, Bien Keem ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biobrane; Burns; Partial thickness; Synthetic

Indexed keywords

BIOBRANE;

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FACE BURN; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84905445228     PISSN: 20101058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/201010581402300304     Document Type: Article

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