Gluteal pouching: a complication of perineal burn scar contracture. A case report.
Burns to the buttocks are rare. Gluteal pouching, a complication of burn scar contractures of the buttocks, with total effacement of the gluteal folds and hooding of the rectum is described. A barium enema is helpful for preoperative evaluation. Recreation of the gluteal folds and unhooding of the rectum can be performed effectively without skin grafting.
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University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77551.
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Robson
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D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D002081:Buttocks / Q000293:injuries*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology*; D003286:Contracture / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010502:Perineum / Q000293:injuries*