title: Fibrin glue in the treatment of dorsal hand burns.
abstract: This paper analyses two groups of patients with only dorsal hand burns: groups I contains patients with a total of 15 burned hands and group II patients with 12 hand burns. The patients in group I were all treated by full sheet skin grafts using a two-component fibrin glue. Patients in group II underwent the traditional operative treatment without fibrin glue and the same postoperative physical therapy programme. After follow-up periods of 6-11 months (group I) and 12-21 months (group II), we investigated in both groups, grip strength, key pinch, mobility, two-point discrimination and with the Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments. Our results prove that after the respective follow-up periods group I patients developed far better results for two-point discrimination, touch recognition and mobility.
authors.affiliation: Burn Centre, K.U. Louvain, Belgium.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Boeckx
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vandevoort
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blondeel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van Raemdonck
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vandekerckhove
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014110:Touch
chemical_list: D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive