Burns
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 49-53 , February 1998

Use of Biobrane in pediatric scald burns — experience in 106 children

  • L.-F. Ou

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence should be addressed to: Ling-Fen Ou, Section of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery & Burn Center, Veterans General Hospital-Taichung, 160 Sec. 3, Harbour Road, Taichung, Taiwan.
    • Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Center, Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • S.-Y. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Center, Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Y.-C. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Center, Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • R.-S. Yang

      Affiliations

    • Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Center, Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Y.-W. Tang

      Affiliations

    • Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Center, Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

,Accepted 12 May 1997.

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PII: S0305-4179(97)00049-1

doi: 10.1016/S0305-4179(97)00049-1

Burns
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 49-53 , February 1998

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