Primary Excision and Grafting of Burns Located Over an Open Fracture

• Early excision of the burn, immediate autografting, reduction of the fracture, and stabilization with a plaster-of-paris cast is offered as an alternative method for managing burns with associated long-bone fractures. The opportunity to excise and immediately autograft a burn wound requires rethinking of the entire problem of burns associated with a fracture.

(Arch Surg 114:1141-1142, 1979)