[The use of local flap in repairing deeply burned wound of extremities]
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Published on: January 11, 2016
Shu-Run Huang1, Xiao-Yi Li, Hao Wang
1Department of Burns and plastic surgery, the 180 hospital of the People Libration Army, Quanzhou 362000, China.
Objective:
To discuss a method for reconstruction of deeply burned of extremities' functional regions with local skin flaps.
Methods:
Ninety-eight cases (with 126 place) of deeply burned wound of extremities were reconstructed with fasciocutaneous flaps.
Results:
The survival rate of 162 flaps was 93.2%. The movement of 112 joints (88.9%) was restored to normal, and the movement of 14 joints was mild limitation, none of the cases was severe obstacle.
Conclusions:
The method is simple and with satisfactory results, which can decrease the rate of disability suffered from burn.
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