title: Soft tissue trauma.
abstract: With any soft tissue injury that involves a great deal of skin loss, the basic goals of therapy are edema control and management of scar tissue. The key to treatment is early intervention with the use of elevation, exercise, pressure, and splinting to prevent the all too frequent soft tissue and joint contractures. Management is not short-term as maturation of the scar can take up to 1 year. Experienced evaluation and consistency in carrying out the therapeutic program are necessary if full function is to be restored.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000628:therapy; D004487:Edema / Q000628:therapy; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D013165:Splints; D014945:Wound Healing