Two major burn cases.
Case histories of two patients admitted to the Burns Unit in 1976 and 1982, with very extensive and very deep burns, are described. The philosophy behind the usual treatment plan of the Unit and the unorthodox ideas that had to be devised in order to treat the 2 patients are described.
D000328:Adult; D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012769:Shock / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous