• Burns · Feb 2021

    Using rational strategies for children's scars based on more than 5 years assessment after burn.

    • Baoguo Chen, Jian Hou, Huifeng Song, Quanwen Gao, Minghuo Xu, Fang Wang, Jue Wang, Jiang Wu, and Jiake Chai.
    • The Fourth Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, China. Electronic address: chenbaoguo851028@126.com.
    • Burns. 2021 Feb 1; 47 (1): 190-197.

    BackgroundPaediatric patients with scars after burn are regularly encountered. Discussion of rational strategies for management are of value. The objective of the study was to describe development and utilisation of strategies for paediatric burn scars up to five years after injury.MethodsWe included 164 cases aged from 5 to 8 years old in our study; all had burn scar deformities.ResultsAssessments were made up to December 31, 2019. The following strategies were used: sequential treatment, reconstruction based on facial aesthetic units, predicting the effect of surgery on development, releasing skin tension and application of photoelectric technology or other non-surgical measures.ConclusionsUsing rational strategies for paediatric burn scars is very important.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.

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