Principles.and.Practice.of.Burn.Surgery.pdf

P RINCIPLES AND

P RACTICE OF

B URN S URGERY

P RINCIPLES AND

P RACTICE OF

Juan P. Barret-Nerín, M.D.

St. Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns,

Broomfield Hospital, Essex, United Kingdom

David N. Herndon, M.D.

Galveston Shriners Hospital, Texas

University of Texas Medical Branch, Houston, Texas

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N EW Y ORK

B URN S URGERY

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