Notes on the results of plastic surgery in burn scars in the breast zone
- Author:
Tran Thiet Son
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Burn scars
- MeSH:
Burns;
Breast;
Surgery, Plastic;
surgery
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2003;442(2):38-39
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
16 patients were benefited by a plastic surgery for burn scars on the zone of breast. 56% of these patients acquired the burn on the zone of breast before their puberty. 62% of subjects with the wounds on breast were interened by various techniques of plastic surgery in the period of completed development of the mamonary glands. The most indicated (64%) ones were classic techniques such as Z shape plastic surgery, skin thick autograph, localflap. Skin thick autograph can be used mainly in the cases of plastic surgery under the breast plica (28%). The techniques of tissue dilation is used only 16% of cases, the skin largy flap is used in 2 patients with the burn scars of skin and of mamonary glands. In each patients, 1 to 4 various techniques can be used according to the age and the form of injury
