title: Advantages of early burn excision and grafting in the treatment of burn injuries of the anterior cervical region.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hôpital de la Conception, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Voinchet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bardot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Echinard
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Aubert
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magalon
mesh_terms: 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