[Relation of early wound treatment and late deformity in burned children]

This article discusses the relationship between early wound treatment and late deformity in burned children. The writer believes the main causes of late deformity are as follows: to treat deep second burn wound too conservatively; to use pinch skin graft on functional position and too large ratio of mesh graft; to take skin too thick from donor area; no proper pressure dressing and rehabilitation after grafting. The better results can be obtained, if the early burn wounds are treated with some plastic surgical points of view and the deformities are corrected within half year postburn although the scar is still unstable.