A STUDY OF BIPEDICLE FLAPS FOR POST BURN CONTRACTURE

Autor:	Shekappa C. Malagimani, Somashekhar Samagandi
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Burn wound business.industry medicine Contracture medicine.symptom Disfigurement business Complication Surgery Muscle contracture
Zdroj:	Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences. 3:2340-2347
ISSN:	2278-4802 2278-4748
DOI:	10.14260/jemds/2014/2144
Popis:	INTRODUCTION: Post burn scarring and contracture resulting in functional limitation and aesthetic disfigurement, remains the most frustrating complication of burn wound healing. This study is under taken to know the efficacy of bipedicle flaps in management of post burn contractures, which make use of the unaffected skin or healed suppled skin over the critical areas there by decreasing the recurrence of contracture and also decreasing the duration of post-operative splintage. The functional results are impressive and aesthetic results are satisfactory in the overall long term assessment.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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