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History and evolution of surgical treatment of burns

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The Management of Burns and Fire Disasters: Perspectives 2000

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A description of the evolution of surgical treatment in burns necessarily involves a description of the entire history of burns treatment. In ancient times various local treatments were directed at modifying the skin surface in order to obtain scarring, usually without surgical intervention but sometimes with loss of blood.

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  1. Piedmont Foundation for Burns Study and Research, Traumatological Centre, Turin, Italy

    S. Teich Alasia

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  1. Division of Plastic Surgery and Burn Centre, Mediterranean Burns Club, Palermo, Italy

    M. Masellis MD (Professor and Head, Secretary-General) (Professor and Head, Secretary-General)

  2. Emergency Relief Operations, World Health Organization, Mediterranean Burns Club, Italy

    S. W. A. Gunn MD (Formerly Head, President) (Formerly Head, President)

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Alasia, S.T. (1995). History and evolution of surgical treatment of burns. In: Masellis, M., Gunn, S.W.A. (eds) The Management of Burns and Fire Disasters: Perspectives 2000. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0361-6_2

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