title: The treatment of burns by early tangential excision and skin grafting.
abstract: The principles, aims and detailed techniques of tangential excision and skin grafting of burns are described. The results and advantages of the method in 28 burned patients are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005121:Extremities / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D009779:Occlusive Dressings; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014945:Wound Healing; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology