Reconstruction of the burnt neck in the acute phase

ABSTRACT

Deep burns to the anterior portion of the neck frequently cause significant deformities. The objective of this study is to describe a new surgical procedure for deep cervical burns, which tries to reduce the incidence of cervical retraction and improve the cervicomandibular angleOver 5 years, 24 victims of deep cervical burns were treated surgically with the same technique, which consisted in debriding necrosed tissue, incising the platysma muscle at the laryngeal prominence from one angle to the other of the mandible and grafting with thick skin according to the position of normal skin..The author concluded that this is a simple and safe procedure that provides good functional and esthetical results, is not costly, and prevents retracting sequelae.