title: Multiple seagull flaps for digital contractures in electrical burns.
abstract: Following legislation in the early 1970s, electrical bar fire burns are much less common in the UK than 20 years ago. However, their long-term effects are still encountered as microdactyly, syndactyly and digital flexion contractures. A case is described in which multiple seagull flaps were used as a single stage procedure to achieve sustained improvement in function in a severely affected hand, 10 years after injury, without prolonged postoperative daytime splintage.
mesh_terms: D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D003286:Contracture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013997:Time Factors