Burns
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 465-470 , June 2005

A retrospective analysis of 19,157 burns patients: 18-year experience from Hallym Burn Center in Seoul, Korea

  • Tae-Hyung Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hallym Burn Center, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, College of Medicine, 94-200 YongDungPo-Dong, YongDungPo-Ku, Seoul, South Korea 150-719
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 2639 5500; fax: +82 2 2631 4387.
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  • Jong-Hyun Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Hallym Burn Center, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Min-Seok Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hallym Burn Center, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, College of Medicine, 94-200 YongDungPo-Dong, YongDungPo-Ku, Seoul, South Korea 150-719
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  • Kyung-Woo Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hallym Burn Center, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, College of Medicine, 94-200 YongDungPo-Dong, YongDungPo-Ku, Seoul, South Korea 150-719
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  • Sook-Hee Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Record, Hallym Burn Center, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Jin-A Jung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Record, Hallym Burn Center, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Jong-Wook Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hallym Burn Center, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Young-Chul Jang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hallym Burn Center, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Andrew Burd

      Affiliations

    • Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
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  • Suk-Joon Oh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hallym Burn Center, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

,Accepted 17 November 2004.

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PII: S0305-4179(04)00368-7

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.11.014

Burns
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