title: Burns and fractures.
abstract: When burn injury and skeletal trauma are two components of the multiple trauma injury, specific difficulties arise requiring a constant reevaluation of risks and benefits for each planned therapeutic maneuver. Unfortunately there is a scarcity of published literature that addresses this specific topic. This article focuses on these issues and discusses the therapeutic options available. The object of this article is to summarize available information, and offer recommendations to assist the clinician in treating this challenging clinical problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of South Alabama, Mobile, USA.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Frye
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luterman
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing*; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing / Q000379:methods*