Burn scar contracture: Prevention and treatment

T. M. Buescher; B. A. Pruitt

Burn scar contracture: Prevention and treatment

T. M. Buescher, B. A. Pruitt

Surgery

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Abstract

Contraction, a normal component of wound healing, frequently becomes pathologic in the burn wound. Prevention of contracture is preferable to treatment of established deformity, and should influence the primary mode of coverage as well as rehabilitation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	804-815
Number of pages	12
Journal	Problems in General Surgery
Volume	11
Issue number	4
State	Published - Dec 1 1994

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