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The Meek-Wall Micrograft Technique

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Surgery in Wounds

Abstract

Extended areas of full-thickness burns require, after surgical excision or debridement of non-viable tissue, specific grafting techniques for closure of the wound surface.

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  1. F. R. H. Tempelman
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  2. A. F. P. M. Vloemans
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Service des Brûles, Hôpital Lapeyronie, 391 Avenue du Doyen Giraud, 34255, Montpellier Cedex, France

    Luc Téot (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, OX2 8HE, Oxford, Oxon, UK

    Paul E. Banwell BSc MB BS FrCS

  3. Plastische Chirurgie und Handchirurgie, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Josef-Schneider-Str.2, 97080, Würzburg, Germany

    Ulrich E. Ziegler

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Tempelman, F.R.H., Vloemans, A.F.P.M., Middelkoop, E., Kreis, R.W. (2004). The Meek-Wall Micrograft Technique. In: Téot, L., Banwell, P.E., Ziegler, U.E. (eds) Surgery in Wounds. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59307-9_42

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