• J Burn Care Res · Jan 2017

    Development of International Outcomes Instrument for Hand and Upper Extremity Burn Scar Contracture Release.

    • Lawrence Cai, Joseph Lippi, Jay Dumanian, Matthew Klein, Mohan Krishna Dangol, Vinita Puri, Yvonne Karanas, Shankar Man Rai, and James Chang.
    • From the *Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California; †ReSurge International, Sunnyvale, California; ‡Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California; §Department of Physical Therapy, Kirtipur Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal; ‖Division of Plastic Surgery, King Edwards Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; ¶Division of Plastic Surgery, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, California; and #Division of Plastic Surgery, Kirtipur Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
    • J Burn Care Res. 2017 Jan 1; 38 (1): e395-e401.

    AbstractBurn scar contractures remain a common source of severe disability in resource-limited countries. However, existing outcome measurements are unable to fully capture the impact of the scar contracture and surgical attempts at correction. To that end, we have developed a new outcome instrument, the Stanford-ReSurge Burn Scar Contracture Scale-Upper Extremity that can be used as a measurement of disability and reconstructive procedure outcomes. The outcome instrument was created through item generation, item reduction, and preliminary field testing. We performed a literature review using multiple databases to gather a comprehensive list of existing burn contracture metrics, removed metrics that were inapplicable in resource-limited settings, and submitted remaining items to plastic and hand surgeons for evaluation of clinical and cultural relevance, comprehensiveness, and feasibility. The remaining items were field tested to evaluate patient comprehension and ability to detect change over 1 month. A literature review found 32 unique scales that were eventually reduced to a pool of 38 potential items that were field tested with patients. Patient feedback further reduced the item pool to the final 20-item scale. Patients who underwent burn scar contracture release of the upper extremity showed an average of 14 points improvement between the preoperative and 1-month postoperative time point. The Stanford-ReSurge Burn Scar Contracture showed clinical utility for assessing outcomes in burn scar contracture release of the upper extremity. Our goal is to develop a standardized outcome instrument for burn reconstruction in the world's poorest burn patients.

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