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Burn contracture preventing uterine expansion
A D Widgerow1, T D Ford, M Botha
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Group of Teaching Hospitals, South Africa.
Two patients are described who previously sustained full-thickness burn injuries to their abdomens requiring split-thickness skin grafting. This created a restriction on the expanding pregnant uterus, necessitating surgical release and split-thickness skin grafting. These patients continued through normal pregnancy to subsequent normal vaginal delivery.
Two patients are described who previously sustained full-thickness burn injuries to their abdomens requiring split-thickness skin grafting. This created a restriction on the expanding pregnant uterus, necessitating surgical release and split-thickness skin grafting. These patients continued through normal pregnancy to subsequent normal vaginal delivery.