Experience of rehabilitation treatment on 234 cases of burn

BACKGROUND: At present, treatment of bum is not only to save life and promote healing of wound surface, but lateral rehabilitation and problems about returning to society are included. Rehabilitation treatment of bum should be performed through the entire therapeutic course.OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of rehabilitation treatment on burn.UNIT: Department of Burn, Affiliated Second Hospital of Kunming Medical CollegeSUBJECTS: From October 1985 to October 2001,234 patients with burn received rehabilitation including 146 males and 88 females aged 10 months to 68 years (mean: 23. 4 years). Among all cases, comprehensive therapy was performed for 230 times, support and slit therapy was performed for 141 times.INTERVENTION: Affected limbs were laid at function posi-