Burns
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 322-328 , May 2010

The use of AlloDerm on major burn patients: AlloDerm prevents post-burn joint contracture

  • Haejun Yim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Burn Surgery, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Yong Suk Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Burn Surgery, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Cheong Hoon Seo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Boung Chul Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jang Hyu Ko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Dohern Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Burn Surgery, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jun Hur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Burn Surgery, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Wook Chun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Burn Surgery, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Burn Center, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University Medical Center, 94-200, Youngdeungpo-dong, Youngdeungpo-gu, Seoul 150-719, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 2 2639 5442.
    • ,
  • Jong Hyun Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Burn Surgery, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

,Accepted 20 October 2009.

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PII: S0305-4179(09)00540-3

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.10.018

Burns
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 322-328 , May 2010

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