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Burn Surgery

Microsurgery

Physical & Occupational Therapy

If a patient has a large burn area especially that covers any joints he must need physical therapy because it helps stretch the skin so that the joints can remain flexible. Some other exercises are also very important to improve strength and coordination. It helps the patient if he has difficulty in doing his normal daily activities.

Types of Burn surgeryBurn Surgery Islamabad

In burn surgeries two types of surgeries are very common as include:
Acute Burn Surgery, Reconstructive burn Surgery
Acute Burn Treatment is delivered by a team of Trauma Surgeon that specializes in acute burn care. Sometimes burn cases create complexity that requires a consultation with a plastic surgeon who assists with the inpatient and outpatient management of these cases. This procedure is done on patients after the initial burn wounds have healed and by a well-qualified plastic surgeon. It improves the function and the cosmetic appearance of burn scars after surgery that involves altering scar tissue, with non-operative and operative treatment.

Three Levels of burn

First Degree Level of Burn

The first burn level is not too harmful to a patient, as we can call it superficial burn. In First level burns include:

Shows redness, Minor inflammation, or swelling, Pain, Dry, peeling skin occurs as the burn heals
When burn affects a large area of your skin, more than three inches, and if it’s on your face or a major joint, which include:
Knee, Ankle, Foot, Spine, Shoulder, Elbow, Forearm

Second-Degree Level of Burn

This level is more serious because the damage extends beyond the top layer of skin. In this level skin become extremely red, sore, blister and takes longer than three weeks to heal.

Third-Degree Level of Burn

The third level of burn is most severe because it causes the most damage, extending through every layer of skin. It is so extensive that there may not be any pain because of nerve damage and it includes the following symptoms as:

Waxy and white color, Char, Dark brown color, Raised and leathery texture, Blisters that do not develop

Treatment of Burn Surgery

HairHub deals with both minor burns and serious burn cases. Minor burn cases can be treated at home and usually, these patients heal within a couple of weeks. In the case of serious burns, appropriate first aid and wound assessment, medications, wound dressings, Therapy? and surgery and other factors are involved in your treatment. The main important purpose of this burn treatment is to control pain, remove dead tissue, prevent infection, reduce scarring risk, and regain function. In Pakistan, People who are suffering and severe burns may require treatment at specialized burn centers because they need skin grafts to cover large wounds and emotional support and months of follow-up care, such as physical therapy.

Minor Burns Treatment

There is some minor burn treatment here : 

  1. Cool the burn, 
  2. Remove rings or other tight items, 
  3. Don’t break blisters, 
  4. Apply lotion, 
  5. Bandage the burn, 
  6. Take a pain reliever, 
  7. Consider a tetanus shot

Serious Burn Treatment

A patient may need one or more of the following procedures:

Breathing assistance, Feeding tube, Easing blood flow around the wound, Skin grafts, Plastic surgery

Complication

Various kind of complication are occurs in burn cases because some complications are often unavoidable, that include:


Infection, Blood loss, A shock that leads to death, Tetanus, Hypothermia, Bacterial infection, Low body temperature, Breathing problems, Bone and joint problems, Depression

Recovery Process of Burn Surgery

Burn recovery is a server process. It depends upon the severity of a burn injury. Patients who are suffering from severe burn injuries must undergo the following treatment as :

Surgery, Physical therapy

It is performing to restore and function after the injury and it is last in a year. The patient faces extreme physical and psychological pain so it’s very important for a patient to receive thorough treatment for burn injuries as well as ongoing physical therapy to aid the healing process. Burn surgery treatment is a very specialized field of Plastic Surgery that deals with the treatment of patients immediately after burn and surgery to correct post-burn deformities. In this case Burn, patients can be saved from many complications if treated by a qualified Plastic Surgeon after Burn injury. Post-burn scar and contractures can be corrected and the patient can get back to a healthy and functional life.

 

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