Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Korean Association of Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (대한악안면성형재건외과학회)
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CASE REPORTS : MICROSTOMIA CAUSED BY BURN SCAR

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  • Chi, Jae-Hyu (Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chosun University.) ;
  • Yeo, Hwan-Ho (Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chosun University.) ;
  • Kim, Young-Kyun (Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chosun University.) ;
  • Kim, Su-Gwan (Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chosun University.) ;
  • Park, In-Soon (Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chosun University.) ;
  • Lee, Byung-Joon (Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chosun University.) ;
  • Hwang, Kyung-Kon (Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chosun University.)
  • 지재휴 (조선대학교 치과대학 구강악안면외과학교실) ;
  • 여환호 (조선대학교 치과대학 구강악안면외과학교실) ;
  • 김영균 (조선대학교 치과대학 구강악안면외과학교실) ;
  • 김수관 (조선대학교 치과대학 구강악안면외과학교실) ;
  • 박인순 (조선대학교 치과대학 구강악안면외과학교실) ;
  • 이병준 (조선대학교 치과대학 구강악안면외과학교실) ;
  • 황경곤 (조선대학교 치과대학 구강악안면외과학교실)
  • Published : 1996.09.30
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Abstract

Deep burns of the face & lips often lead to scarring and contraction of the circum-oral tissues with a marked reduction in the size of the oral aperture. Such burns most commonly caused by electrical contact, for example, children sucking electric plugs, or as a result of chemical burns and the exposture to flame. Once having burns, burned tissue may contract and reduce considerably the size and mobility of the mouth ; therefore bring up the resultant functional disturbance, verbal difficulty, even digestive difficulty, and poor appearance, which fall into difficulty in social acceptability, caused by burns. In our department, 2 patients who were complain of functional limitations and esthetic problem owing to scar contracture, were visited, and we treated this microstomia with scar excision, graft and flap technique, and postoperative intensive physical therapy. We obtained relatively favorable results, thus report this cases with literature review.

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