Histological Assessment of Tangentially Excised Burn Eschars

Reuven Gurfinkel, Lior Rosenberg, Sarit Cohen, Arnon D. Cohen, Alex Barezovsky, Emanuela Cagnano, Adam J. Singer

Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery · 2010 · 76 citations · 32 references

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Abstract

The thickness of a single tangentially excised layer of eschar is not much greater than the actual thickness of the entire skin and often contains viable tissue. Because surgical debridement is insufficiently selective, more selective means of debriding burn eschars should be explored.

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