FACIAL BURNS: PROBLEMS AND MANAGEMENT

Facial burn injuries in majority of cases result in cosmetic disfigurement and functional disability. Cariful assessment, judiciously planned treatment, executed with skill and expediency, minimise such sequelae. Experience of managing one hundred and four cases of facial burns are presented. The im...

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Main Author: S. K. ACHARYA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 1985-02-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1778510
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Summary:Facial burn injuries in majority of cases result in cosmetic disfigurement and functional disability. Cariful assessment, judiciously planned treatment, executed with skill and expediency, minimise such sequelae. Experience of managing one hundred and four cases of facial burns are presented. The importance of conservative regime in burns of first degree and well tried reconstructive procedures for second and third degree burns needs to be appreciated.
ISSN:0970-0358
1998-376X