The management of eyelid burns.

TYPES AND DEGREES OF EYELID BURNS EYELID BURN INJURIES, HEALING, AND COMPLICATIONS First-Degree Burns Second-Degree Burns Third-Degree Burns Healing Process Complications of Eyelid Burns EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF EYELID BURNS

Author's response to reviews Title: A modified surgical technique in the management of eyelid burns: a case series

Title: A modified surgical technique in the management of eyelid burns: a case series Haiying Liu 1 , MD, Qigang Wang 1 , MD, Shudong Sun 1, MD, Youxin Ji 2*, MD 1 Burn Center, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang Medical School, Weifang, Shandong Province 265000, PR China 2 Department of Surgery, Qingdaon Central Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266042, PR China *Corresponding author YJ: kev...

Head and neck burns: acute and late reconstruction.data of burn injury management in 2007.

Modern burn care is based on operative wound management. The evidence is clear that prompt excision and closure can be lifesaving for patients even with large burns. Facial burns that are full-thickness need grafting. Deep dermal facial burns need surgery in the third week post-burn. Deep burns to the eyelids should be excised and grafted early in order to prevent cicatricial ectropion and corn...

A modified surgical technique in the management of eyelid burns: a case series

INTRODUCTION Contractures, ectropion and scarring, the most common sequelae of skin grafts after eyelid burn injuries, can result in corneal exposure, corneal ulceration and even blindness. Split-thickness or full-thickness skin grafts are commonly used for the treatment of acute eyelid burns. Plasma exudation and infection are common early complications of eyelid burns, which decrease the succ...

Treatment of bilateral severe eyelid burns with skin grafts: an odyssey.

Eyelid burns occur in about 10% of thermal injuries and pose a considerable challenge for the reconstructive surgeon. A consensus on a treatment regime has not been reached and plastic surgeons are divided on the subject. A case of severe bilateral eyelid burns was treated with full- and split-thickness skin grafts. The patient was first operated at 2 years post-injury, and a total of 5 operati...