Initial general management and surgery of six extensively burned children treated with cultured epidermal autografts.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to document the surgical and intensive care methods used in six extensively burned children (EBC), ie, total body surface area (TBSA) burned over 70% or TBSA with deep burns over 60%, treated with cultured epidermal autografts (CEA).

Methods: Six EBC, with a mean age of 7.5 years (range, 2.

[Combination of traumatic vascular and neural lesions of the limbs. Surgical approach. Apropos of 10 cases].

Ten cases of limb injuries including vascular and nervous lesions are reported. After pointing out the modalities of diagnosis, the authors describe the surgical technic: vascular management first, and then nervous repair. After a six months to three years follow-up, among eight cases, the vascular repair is successful every time, and the nervous repair five times.