SKIN EXPANSION IN BURN PATIENTS - PROBLEMS, RULES AND INDICATIONS

Skin expansion in burn patients can be a useful method for secondary s kin resurfacing, scar revision or facial remodelling. However, complic ations and problems occur more often in these patients than in any oth er. In this paper the incidence of complication in the first and secon d stages of expansion will be presented. Several rules will then be st ated and we will clarify the indications for skin expansion in the tre atment of hypertrophic scars, contractures, and post-burn destructions .