Dermal Replacements in General, Burn, and Plastic Surgery Tissue Engineering in Clinical Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kamolz, Lars-Peter (Editor), Lumenta, David Benjamin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dermatology.; Critical care medicine.; Plastic surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Plastic Surgery.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

The skin is the largest human organ system. Loss of skin integrity due to injury or illness results in a substantial physiologic imbalance and ultimately in severe disability or death. The most common cause of significant skin loss is thermal injury, followed by trauma and chronic ulcerations. Over...