title: Early burn wound excision in "major' burns with "pregnancy': a preliminary report.
abstract: Burn injury in pregnant patients is not uncommon in developing countries. The results of the management of six pregnant burns patients, admitted during an 18-month period, were analysed. Successful management of burn injuries ranging from 25 to 65 per cent TBSA occurred in patients during the second and third trimester of pregnancy, using early burn wound excision and skin grafting in four patients and by late skin grafting of a granulating wound in one patient. All five patients delivered live babies with no congenital anomalies. One patient with 60 per cent TBSA burns who was unsuitable for early excision, died of septicaemia. This report suggests the need for early burn wound excision and skin grafting in burns patients with pregnancy, in order to improve maternal and fetal survival. However, in developing countries early surgery is not advisable in patients with extensive burns because of the non-availability of biological skin substitutes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prasanna
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001458:Bandages; D001830:Body Surface Area; D002056:Burns / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006097:Granulation Tissue / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications; D012837:Silver Sulfadiazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D017768:Skin, Artificial; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D012837:Silver Sulfadiazine