Pre-burn malnutrition increases operative mortality in burn patients who undergo early excision and grafting in a sub-Saharan African burn unit: Methodological issues
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A critical review of early burn excision and grafting
Demetrius A Miminas is a Post-graduate MSc Student in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair, Wound Healing Research Unit, Cardiff, and Trust-grade Plastic Surgeon, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust, Dudley Early excision and grafting of burn wounds has largely replaced the conservative, non-excisional approach, due mainly to improvements in resuscitation and the introduction...
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عنوان ژورنال: Burns
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0305-4179
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2018.01.017