Reconstructive surgeries after extensive burns in children.
The authors' aim is to summarize and generalize the knowledge acquired in the course of the last eight years of work with children with extensive burns. Reconstructive surgeries show a certain specific feature consisting in the considerable extent of the scarred area often exceeding 50% of the body surface, and with the gradual increase in number of operations they are gaining importance.
Suchánek
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Department of Burn and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.
Ríhová
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Kaloudová
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Mager
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D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003286:Contracture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D017768:Skin, Artificial; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000379:methods