title: Unusual ritual burns of the hand.
abstract: Six hands from five patients were seen with full-thickness burns following a ritual practice between June 1993 and June 1994. Three hands were treated with excision and medium-thickness split-skin grafts, one patient was treated with a medium-thickness split skin graft taken from the instep of the foot. The first patient with bilateral burns of the palms refused surgery and returned 3 months later with contractures of the palms. The results of the treated hands are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Tay
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology*; D002562:Ceremonial Behavior; D005260:Female; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male