The wrist in axillary burns--a forgotten focus of concern.
Need for splinting of the wrist in axillary burns is a question of great importance especially when there is no marked burns on the wrist and hand. This article presents various potential problems due to non-splinting of the wrist, various promising solutions for those problems and a better way of splinting a client with axillary burns. Modification in axillary splinting will definitely lead to a rewarding upshot in increasing the client compliance with no major complications not only in managing axillary burns but also in managing an array of disease conditions with shoulder limitations.
Manigandan
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nadu, India. manigandan93@yahoo.com
Gupta
Ashish K
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Venugopal
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Ninan
Shiby
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Cherian
Reboy E
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D001365:Axilla; D002056:Burns / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D013165:Splints; D014955:Wrist Joint