Introduction Burns of the perineal area are relatively uncommon despite the common involvement of the lower trunk and the lower extremities in burn injuries. The incidence of perineal burns was reported at around 12/1000 admissions more than 25 years ago.…
Introduction The hand is a primary means of communication, aesthetics, emotion, and sexuality. It exists at the core of our humanity. Particularly in the modern age of digital communication, the inability to interface with the digital world via hands is…
The severity of burn injuries can usually be ascertained if not by patient survival then by the consequences of the injury: scar hyperplasia/hypertrophy, scar contracture, and structural deformities due to loss of bodily components. Since bodily deformity is closely related…