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Burn Reconstruction Basics

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The reconstruction of burn patients can provide significant improvement in aesthetic, functional, and psychosocial outcomes. Many reconstructive problems can be addressed using variations of scar release and then closure by skin grafts or Z-plasty, which may often be performed by those with burn fellowship training. Many other more advanced reconstructive options also exist, spanning the gamut from local and free flaps to composite allograft tissue transplantation, which typically require involvement of a plastic and reconstructive surgeon.

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  1. Department of Burn Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center and Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Peter Kwan B.Sc.E., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.S.C.

  2. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Peter Kwan B.Sc.E., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.S.C.

  3. Department of Surgery, Ross Tilley Burn Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Robert Cartotto M.D., F.R.C.S.C.

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  1. Univ. of California, Davis Med. Center, Shriners Hosp for Children N California, Sacramento, California, USA

    David G. Greenhalgh

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Kwan, P., Cartotto, R. (2016). Burn Reconstruction Basics. In: Greenhalgh, D. (eds) Burn Care for General Surgeons and General Practitioners . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29161-1_11

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