title: [Management of hand burns: clinical and epidemiological aspects and therapy at CHU Gabriel Toure].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evaluate the care of burn sequel of the hand in the services of orthopaedic trauma and paediatric in the teaching hospital Gabriel Touré.
  
  
  METHODS
  It was about a longitudinal and prospective study lasting from Jun 2006 to January 2008 in all the children aged from 0 to 14 years with burn sequel of the hand admitted and treated in the services of orthopaedic- trauma and paediatric surgery of Gabriel Touré. Patients with an incomplete file or lost during the study were not included.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 20 months we brought together 40 cases of burn sequel of hand. The mean age of the patients was 8.5 years. There were 18 boys and 22 girls. The sex-ratio was 1.22 for girls. The causal agent was more frequently thermal (85%) by hot liquid. Burn was caused by domestic accident in 95%. 14 of our patients were seen by a doctor after 24 months of burn and another 14 were after 36 months. A functional deficit was noted to the physical examination in all our patients. The treatment was surgical in 26 patients. Results were judged well in 16 cases, little good in 8 and bad 2 case. A good initial treatment done in a fear condition permit to reduce the number of sequel of the hand and to stay less severe.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie pédiatrique, CHU Gabriel Touré,Bamako. BP: 267. coulibalyyacak@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Coulibaly
authors.forename: A k
authors.initials: Ak
authors.lastname: Maiga
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alwata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keita
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Doucoure
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Toure
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003646:Debridement; D005260:Female; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008302:Mali / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016038:Skin Transplantation