British journal of plastic surgery
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The technique of immediate exposed skin grafting following early tangential excision of burns in children overcomes the difficulties of applying dressings with the attendant risk of graft loss from shearing forces. We report on 36 patients treated by this method. Wound healing was achieved in all patients without the need for further surgery.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
The value of topical lignocaine gel in pain relief on skin graft donor sites.
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The morphological distortion of the facial skeleton induced by untreated paediatric burns of the head and neck reinforces the theories of craniofacial growth and the modern principles of acute burn management and post-burn facial reconstruction.
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The technique of the multiple Y-V plasty is described. The records of all 129 patients who underwent surgery to release burn scar contractures over a 5-year period are reviewed. Halfway through this study period the multiple Y-V plasty was introduced, resulting in a marked reduction in the number of Z-plasty and skin grafting procedures carried out. There was an associated fall in the number of wound complications seen and the length of hospital stay required.