title: The management of deep thermal burns to the head.
abstract: The management of severe thermal burns of the head with associated bone destruction is discussed, and two patients in this category who were successfully treated by decorticating the dead bone with the high-speed dental drill are presented. The burns in both cases had defied management with alternative techniques, and both patients achieved satisfactory skin coverage five weeks after dental burring.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000601:surgery*; D003754:Dental High-Speed Equipment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous