Journal of Korean Burn Society  2013;16(1):67-69

Treatment with Pursestring Suture Technique in Third Degree Burn on Breast: A Case Report.

Bang Suk LEE 1 ; Yong Il YOON ; Soo A LIM

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Keywords

Breast; Burn; Deformity

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

PURPOSE: Authors present the case of one patients who underwent local flap with pursestring suture technique to reconstruct third degree burn on breast. METHODS: A 66-year-old man visited emergency room with multiple whitish vesicles with serous discharge on face, neck, anterior chest and right arm. We performed dressing with foam and cultured allogenic keratinocyte. 14 days after burn injury, right breast wound was remained with eschar and granulation tissue. The size was 5x10 cm. We performed local flap with pursestring suture technique. The nipple was preserved. RESULTS: Postburn breast reconstruction using local flap with pursestring suture technique had results of small linear scar and minimum nipple-areolar complex deformity. There was no significant difference on both sides of the breast mound. CONCLUSION: Local flap with pursestring suture technique had results of small linear scar and minimum nipple-areolar complex deformity and it could be an effective method for reconstruction of postburn breast.