J Korean Burn Soc.  2013 Jun;16(1):67-69.

Treatment with Pursestring Suture Technique in Third Degree Burn on Breast: A Case Report

• Lee BS
• Yoon YI
• Lim SA

Abstract

PURPOSE
Authors present the case of one patients who underwent local flap with pursestring suture technique to reconstruct third degree burn on breast.
METHODS
A 66-year-old man visited emergency room with multiple whitish vesicles with serous discharge on face, neck, anterior chest and right arm. We performed dressing with foam and cultured allogenic keratinocyte. 14 days after burn injury, right breast wound was remained with eschar and granulation tissue. The size was 5x10 cm. We performed local flap with pursestring suture technique. The nipple was preserved.
RESULTS
Postburn breast reconstruction using local flap with pursestring suture technique had results of small linear scar and minimum nipple-areolar complex deformity. There was no significant difference on both sides of the breast mound.
CONCLUSION
Local flap with pursestring suture technique had results of small linear scar and minimum nipple-areolar complex deformity and it could be an effective method for reconstruction of postburn breast.

Keyword

Breast; Burn; Deformity

MeSH Terms

Arm
Bandages
Breast
Burns
Cicatrix
Congenital Abnormalities
Emergencies
Female
Granulation Tissue
Humans
Keratinocytes
Mammaplasty
Neck
Nipples
Suture Techniques
Sutures
Thorax