Hand burns in pediatrics

Burns of the hands in pediatrics are an important topic in combustiology. The hand plays a huge role in the development of mental and physical skills in a child. A retrospective analysis of electronic medical records of 282 victims with hand burns who were treated in Moscow Pediatric Hospital No. 9 named by G.N. Speransky was carried out. The study showed that most often children receive burns of the hands in the first three years of life, the main thermal agent is hot liquid. 35 patients had different types of surgery: excision with one stage or delayed grafting, enzymatic debridement and mechanical debridement. Silver containing atraumatic hydrocolloid dressings were used on all stages of treatment. Clinical examples demonstrate different variants of surgical tactics used in children from 0 till 6 years. Surgery types depend of the depth of damage to the integumentary tissues and deep structures of the hand and fingers. The work highlights diagnostic and clinical approaches to the management of patients with this pathology. The algorithm of conservative and surgical treatment of patients with burns II-III and III degree in the area of the palmar and dorsal surfaces of the hand and fingers is presented. This algorithm also includes tactics at rehabilitation stages restoring functional and aesthetic disorders. Compliance all recommendations contributes to the speedy socialization of patients in this age group.