Treatment of Skin Avulsion Injuries with Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor

Summary: This report describes favorable outcomes in 9 patients with skin avulsion injuries of the extremities who underwent full-thickness skin grafting and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) application. Following removal of contaminated subcutaneous fat tissue on the inside of skin, the avulse...

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Main Author: Hajime Matsumine, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2015-04-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2015/04000/Article.6.aspx