Pediatric Patients with Post-Burn Amputations Report Worse Long-Term Physical Function but Not Self Appearance

Deborah Choe, BA¹, Andrew Humbert, PhD², Erin Wolfe, MD³, Sarah A. Stoycos, PhD⁴, Samuel Mandell, MD, MPH⁵, Barclay T. Stewart, MD, PhD, MPH⁶, Gretchen J. Carrougher, MN, RN, CBRN⁶, Karen Kowalske, MD⁵, Jeffrey C. Schneider, MD⁷, David M. Crandell, MD⁷, Haig A. Yenikomshian, MD³

¹Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, ²Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, ³Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, ⁴Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, ⁵Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA, ⁶Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, ⁷Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

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