title: [Isolated scalds and burns of the hands in early childhood].
abstract: Every year about a hundred children with burns and scalds are hospitalised in the Burns Unit of the University Children's Hospital in Zürich. 15% of these patients are children between 1/2 to 4 years old with isolated burns and scalds of their hands. The experience gained in the treatment of 53 such children during 4 years is described. The burn healed spontaneously in 31 patients; in 22 cases Thiersch grafts had to be used. In the follow-up treatment compression suits and special splints to prevent secondary contractures were employed. The results of this treatment using splints and compression suits are discussed.
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003286:Contracture / Q000601:surgery; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014945:Wound Healing
vernacular_title: Isolierte Verbrühungen und Verbrennungen an Händen im Kleinkindesalter.