Reparation of deep burn wounds with different kinds of skin flaps in patients with electrical injury.
- Author:
Yun-Chuan PAN
1
;
Yan-Kun CHEN
;
Xin-Chi MA
;
Jia-Qin XU
;
Si-Huan CHEN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Burns, Electric; surgery; Child; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Surgical Flaps
- From: Chinese Journal of Burns 2004;20(3):174-176
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo sum up the clinical experience in the reparation of burn wounds with different types of skin flaps in patients with severe electrical injury.
METHODSFree skin flap, axile island flap with vascular pedicle and muscular skin flap were employed to repair 64 wounds in 49 cases.
RESULTSSkin flap necrosis happened in 2 cases, congestion and necrosis at the edge of skin flaps in 4 cases, and complete survival of the skin flaps and primary healing of the wounds in the remaining cases.
CONCLUSIONReparation of wounds with proper skin flaps according to the degree of the electrical injury is effective and reliable, which might be beneficial to the prevention of necrobiosis and the infection in deep tissue.
