• Burns · Sep 2016

    Review Case Reports

    Treatment of cervical contractures utilising a closed platysmotomy like approach: Case report and review of the literature.

    • Josef Haik, Daphna Prat, Rachel Kornhaber, and Ariel Tessone.
    • The Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery/Burns Unit, Sheba Medical Center affiliated with Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Hashomer, Israel; Talpiot Medical Leadership Program, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
    • Burns. 2016 Sep 1; 42 (6): e93-7.

    AbstractContractures to the cervical region as a result of burns has the capacity to cause restrictions in range of movement, function of the lower face, cervical spine distortion and poor aesthetic outcomes that remain a surgical challenge. Consequently, physical and aesthetic deformities as a result of cervical contractures are reported to cause depression having implications for patients' quality of life and psychosocial wellbeing. At the time this research was conducted, there were no case reports describing a closed platysmotomy approach in burn patients. In this article, we review the literature surrounding closed platysmotomies and present what we believe to be the first reported case in the treatment of cervical contractures utilising a closed platysmotomy approach in a burns patient. A closed platysmotomy approach for the treatment of cervical contractures is a less invasive technique. Further investigation is warranted to determine the feasibility of this reconstructive approach in the area of burn scar management. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.

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