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Indian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Pediatrics

Volume  14, Issue 2, APRIL-JUNE 2022, Pages 47-49
 

Original Article

Tangential Excision in Pediatric Burns

Marenika Manisekaran1 , Ravi Kumar Chittoria2 , Jacob Antony Chakiath3

1,3 Senior Resident, 2Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry 605006, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijtep.2348.9987.14222.5

Abstract

A 1-year-old boy sustained full-thickness burns to the abdomen. Skin grafting was performed after delayed tangential excision after wound demarcation, Indicating that careful tangential excision to viable tissue after wound demarcation in this vital area could be performed safely. In our study tangential excision was performed to improve outcome of wound healing in pediatrics burn patient.Keywords:Tangential excision, pediatricburns, wound healing.


Corresponding Author : Ravi Kumar Chittoria