Open AccessStudy on Surgical Management of Post Burn Hand Deformities
Author(s) -
avinakere Prabhakera Sunil,
Firdos Ahmed,
Prabir Kumar Jash,
Madhumita Gupta,
Santanu Suba
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/13316.6347
Subject(s) - medicine , muscle contracture , contracture , surgery , skin grafting , reconstructive surgery , joint contracture , split thickness skin graft
Functionality of the hands is the major determinants of the quality of life in burns survivors. If contractures or scarring affect the dominant hand, as they do on most occasions, the vocation and there by the economic status of the patient suffer.