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The authors discusse their approach to the correction of post-burn contractures of the neck based on a ten year followup of 147 burn patients treated by them. The value of staged, partial excisions performed independently or in combination with simple or complex flap procedures and skin grafts is stressed. Particular attention is given to the use of free flaps and various local skin flaps. Numerous treatment examples are presented, and the results are analyzed and discussed.
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Kobus, K., Stepniewski, J. Surgery of post-burn neck contractures. Eur J Plast Surg 11, 126–131 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00539274
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00539274