title: [Aged burn victims: its special features and treatment].
abstract: The percentage of aged patients in burns are enlarged today. Usually they have some physiological disorders and less reserve organic functions. In treatment for aged burn victims, special care should be taken to keep their general conditions. And to keep their original ADLs, super early surgical treatment is very effective. In post surgical period, patients need to manage both different conditions one is to keep rest at the operated area and the other to exercise active general rehabilitation. In these purpose, we use negative pressure dressings for skin graft instead of tie-over dressings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Medical University.
authors.forename: Katsueki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Ryutaro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Masahide
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gondo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006801:Humans; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*