Surgical treatment of post-burn deformities of the neck

Surgical treatment of 205 patients is analysed. It is shown that the traditional methods of correcting post-burn deformities fail to produce good results, either functional or cosmetic. The authors correct post-burn deformities and contractures of the neck by plasty with a graft of uninjured skin ta...

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Published inHirurgija (Moskva) no. 12; p. 93
Main Authors Iudenich, A A, Moroz, V Iu, Grishkevich, V M, Kafarov, T G, Belekov, Zh O, Kurbanov, Sh A
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 01.12.1989
Subjects
Burns - complications
Burns - surgery
Contracture - surgery
Humans
Neck - surgery
Skin Transplantation
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Summary:Surgical treatment of 205 patients is analysed. It is shown that the traditional methods of correcting post-burn deformities fail to produce good results, either functional or cosmetic. The authors correct post-burn deformities and contractures of the neck by plasty with a graft of uninjured skin taken from the anterior surface of the chest. This method provides the possibility for improving considerably both the functional (in 80.3%) and the cosmetic (in 74.2% of cases) results of restorative-reconstructive operations. It is concluded that this method for correction of post-burn contractures of the neck is the operation of choice.
ISSN:0023-1207