title: New techniques in burn wound management.
abstract: The critical care management of the burn patient has advanced such that those patients with larger burned surface areas are surviving for longer periods. Wound management and closure thus become critical to the patient's ultimate outcome. New techniques for modifying the extent of the burn injury and for replacing the skin cover are described in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore Regional Burn Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Munster
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D046508:Culture Techniques; D004848:Epithelium / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D016038:Skin Transplantation