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.
Friedstat
Jonathan S
JS
Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, 98104, USA.
Klein
Matthew B
MB
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