What's new in burns trauma?
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Andrew Burd
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
*Author to whom all correspondence should be addressed. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorFrederick V. Noronha
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Andrew Burd
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
*Author to whom all correspondence should be addressed. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorFrederick V. Noronha
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
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Objectives: To review advances in burns care in Hong Kong over the past five years and compare these with global advances.
Methods: Global advances have been summarized from literature reviews and current practices detailed from published and ongoing local studies.
Results: Hong Kong is providing a world class burns service and makes a significant contribution to evolving clinical practice on a global scale.
Conclusions: Burns care is continually evolving and survival per se is not the significant challenge it was in previous decades. The emphasis remains on burns prevention but in the event of injuries occurring, quality of survival is the key issue which involves prompt and appropriate acute care, effective reconstruction and holistic rehabilitation.
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