Primary excision and grafting of burns located over an open fracture.
Early excision of the burn, immediate autografting, reduction of the fracture, and stabilization with a plaster-of-paris cast is offered as an alternative method for managing burns with associated long-bone fractures. The opportunity to excise and immediately autograft a burn wound requires rethinking of the entire problem of burns associated with a fracture.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous