Operative Decompression Of Constricting Burns

1. 1. The clinical features and pathogenesis of the constricting burn, usually a circumferential extremity burn, are described. 2. 2. Methods of early operative decompression of these lesions are outlined. 3. 3. Illustrative case reports are detailed. 4. 4. Previous references to decompression are mentioned and applications of this principle to nonextremity burns are discussed.