Abstract
Need for splinting of the wrist in axillary burns is a question of great importance especially when there is no marked burns on the wrist and hand. This article presents various potential problems due to non-splinting of the wrist, various promising solutions for those problems and a better way of splinting a client with axillary burns. Modification in axillary splinting will definitely lead to a rewarding upshot in increasing the client compliance with no major complications not only in managing axillary burns but also in managing an array of disease conditions with shoulder limitations.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 497-498 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Burns |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Axillary burns
- Burn contracture
- Immobilisation
- Rehabilitation
- Splinting
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