Published online Nov 16, 2021. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i32.9741
Peer-review started: June 3, 2021
First decision: July 5, 2021
Revised: May 26, 2021
Accepted: September 7, 2021
Article in press: September 7, 2021
Published online: November 16, 2021
Core Tip: This is a retrospective study to evaluate the efficacy of early rehabilitation management of paediatric burnt hands. Hands are one of the most common burn sites in children. Hypertrophic scar contractures in hands after wound healing result in further reductions in their range of motion (ROM), motility, and fine motor activities. In order to investigate the situation of hand function in burned children with rehabilitation, we analyzed the demographic and medical information in these burned children and compared the efficacies of early rehabilitation and late rehabilitation for children with hand burns. We found that in the early intervention group, 38.5% of the patients showed significant improvement in the active ROM, while in the late group, 69.2% of the patients showed no significant improvement. Hand function improvement in burned children was negatively correlated with the time from onset to posttraumatic rehabilitation intervention, while the length of rehabilitation stay was positively correlated with the improvement of hand function.