Ludwigshafen, Germany Background: As the versatility and variability of free flaps have significantly increased during recent years, so have the indications for free tissue transplantation in burn reconstruction expanded. Methods: The authors report retrospectively the results of 42 free flaps for upper extremity reconstruction in 35 severely burned patients using 13 different free flaps. This ...

background: general practitioners are the first who visit burn patients and they first calculate burn size and required fluid for the patient. error in calculation can be disastrous. the purpose of this study is to compare four methods of estimating burn size to teach students. methods: this is a descriptive-analytic study on 37 medical students. four methods of estimating burn percentage was t...

erpetic burn wound infection was initially described by Scott and colleagues1 over four decades ago. A 2-year-old girl burned her finger on a cigarette and the area was kissed by her mother, who had a history of orolabial herpes. Although the burn appeared to heal, it became blistered 2 days after the injury, and vesicular lesions developed along the hand and arm, from which herpes simplex viru...

The purpose of this study was to review the authors' experience with pediatric burns from day-old campfires. The authors sought to characterize the operative courses, hospitalizations, and complications arising from burn injuries in this patient population. After Institutional Review Board approval, charts were retrospectively reviewed of pediatric patients seeking care for burn injuries at a r...

STUDY DESIGN Case report. INTRODUCTION A combined burn and a partial amputation can be extremely debilitating as the thumb constitutes 40% of the entire hand when evaluating functional impairment. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Measure disability with and without opposition splint use after partial thumb amputation due to a burn. METHODS Impairment and disability measures were completed at discharg...

Thirty-two patients were admitted to the South-East Scotland Burn Unit over a 4-year period (1990-94), with burns sustained as a consequence of chip-pan fires. This represented 7 per cent of all admissions to the unit. Fourteen patients came from the Edinburgh city area, and 18 from surrounding countries. There were 14 males and 18 females, and an average age of 51.6 years. The average burn sur...