Journal article
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