Burn surface area calculation: what do we need in future

Affiliations

¹ Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Research Unit for Tissue Regeneration, Repair and Reconstruction, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. Electronic address: lars.kamolz@medunigraz.at.
² Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Research Unit for Tissue Regeneration, Repair and Reconstruction, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. Electronic address: daryousch.parvizi@medunigraz.at.
³ Research Unit Medical-Informatics, RISC Software GmbH, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Hagenberg, Austria. Electronic address: michael.giretzlehner@risc.uni-linz.ac.at.
⁴ Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Research Unit for Tissue Regeneration, Repair and Reconstruction, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. Electronic address: david.lumenta@medunigraz.at.

Comment

Lars-Peter Kamolz et al. Burns. 2014 Feb.

. 2014 Feb;40(1):171-2.

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.07.021. Epub 2013 Sep 21.

¹ Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Research Unit for Tissue Regeneration, Repair and Reconstruction, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. Electronic address: lars.kamolz@medunigraz.at.
² Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Research Unit for Tissue Regeneration, Repair and Reconstruction, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. Electronic address: daryousch.parvizi@medunigraz.at.
³ Research Unit Medical-Informatics, RISC Software GmbH, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Hagenberg, Austria. Electronic address: michael.giretzlehner@risc.uni-linz.ac.at.
⁴ Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Research Unit for Tissue Regeneration, Repair and Reconstruction, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. Electronic address: david.lumenta@medunigraz.at.

No abstract available

Comment in

Imprecision in TBSA calculation.
Rickard RF, Martin NA, Lundy JB. Rickard RF, et al. Burns. 2014 Feb;40(1):172-3. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.09.002. Epub 2013 Sep 24. Burns. 2014. PMID: 24075539 No abstract available.

Lack of precision of burn surface area calculation by UK Armed Forces medical personnel.
Martin NA, Lundy JB, Rickard RF. Martin NA, et al. Burns. 2014 Mar;40(2):246-50. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.05.009. Epub 2013 Jun 21. Burns. 2014. PMID: 23790587