[Reparation and reconstruction of the postburn deformity and functional disability].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the development made in the reparation and reconstruction of the postburn deformity and functional disability in the advanced-stage patients.


METHODS
Based on the reviewed literature at home and abroad and combined with our clinical experience, the new reparative and reconstructive techniques for the patients with advanced-stage deformity and functional disability were evaluated.


RESULTS
The reparative and reconstructive microsurgical techniques achieved a significant development in treating the following pathologic changes after burn: deformity due to proliferation and contracture of the scars, severe hand deformity, defects occurring in the muscle tendons and nerves due to electricity burn, and defects occurring in the long tubular bones of the extremities.


CONCLUSIONS
Although there has been a great achievement in this field, there is still a hard task of finding out newer therapeutic approaches and achieving more effective results in the future.
Shen
Zuyao
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Department of Burns, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, 100035, PR China. shenzuyao@sina.com