English

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Post burn scarring and contracture resulting in functional limitation and aesthetic disfigurement, remains the most frustrating complication of burn wound healing. This study is under taken to know the efficacy of bipedicle flaps in management of post burn contractures, which make use of the unaffected skin or healed suppled skin over the critical areas there by decreasing the recurrence of contracture and also decreasing the duration of post-operative splintage. The functional results are impressive and aesthetic results are satisfactory in the overall long term assessment.