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burns  

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  • Burns injuries are traumatic, functionally impairing, excruciatingly painful, and cosmetically disfiguring. The key to minimizing disability after injury is rapid wound closure and early aggressive rehabilitation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Disability; Burns]

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