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Topical management of facial burns
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Topical management of facial burns

Abstract

The face is the central point of the physical features of the human being. It transmits expressions and emotions, communicates feelings and allows for individual identity. It contains complex musculature and a pliable and unique skin envelope that reacts to the environment through a vast network of nerve endings. The face hosts vital areas that make phonation, feeding, and vision possible. Facial burns disrupt these anatomical and functional …

Authors

Leon-Villapalos J; Jeschke MG; Herndon DN

Journal

Burns, Vol. 34, No. 7, pp. 903–911

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

November 2008

DOI

10.1016/j.burns.2008.01.025

ISSN

0305-4179