Advantages of early burn excision and grafting in the treatment of burn injuries of the anterior cervical region.
Excision and grafting in deep partial and full skin thickness burns of the anterior cervical region in a series of 40 patients treated between 1982 and 1992 is reported. The advantages of surgical management of deep burns in this region in a single staged operation have proved its efficacy compared to the severe sequelae which appear when the standard conservation treatment is used. A comparative study of two groups of patients treated either by early excision and grafting (n = 19/40), or by delayed excision and grafting (n = 21/40) demonstrated the advantages of elective early excision and grafting with respect to: length of hospital care, complications and their severity, and surgical repair.
Voinchet
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hôpital de la Conception, Marseille, France.
Bardot
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Echinard
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Aubert
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Magalon
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D017439:Cicatrix, Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery