Acute management of facial burns.
Facial burns present significant acute and reconstructive challenges. It has long been our practice to excise facial burns unlikely to heal in a timely manner in order to reduce the risk of aesthetic and functionally debilitating scar contractures. We present our approach to the acute surgical management of facial burns.
Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, 98104, USA.
Jonathan S
JS
Friedstat
Matthew B
MB
Klein
D001458:Bandages; D002056:Burns / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003094:Collagen; D005123:Eye; D005145:Face; D006801:Humans; D011182:Postoperative Care; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
C114835:integra artificial skin; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates; D003094:Collagen