Early intervention of plastic surgery needed for combined treatments of earthquake survivors / 中华医学美学美容杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the types and features of skin soft tissue injury caused by earthquake disaster and to explore the necessity of early intervention of plastic surgery.Methods 149 wounded patients of"5.12"Sichuan earthquake were retrospectively analyzed and summarized.Results Incidence of skin soft tissue injury was 53%.53 of the wounded were diagnosed as"multiple skin soft tissue injury"and 14 were"skin soft tissue necrosis".Feature of skin soft tissue injury was summarized.Through analysis of typical case,a type of serious skin soft tissue necrosis was reported first time,which occurred in the long-time buried survivors after earthquake.Conclusion The early intervention of plastic surgery will help diagnose and treat the wounded,and shorten the recovery time.