Abstract
Objective: To review and to evidence some of the most relevant types of treatment for burns inside the plastic surgery. Bibliographic review: Burns are injuries that attack the tissue, and can be caused by many sources, including: heat, chemicals, radiation, electrical or friction. Furthermore, they are classified for the level of damage. Therefore, it is mission-critical to have knowledge about the physiopathology of burns injuries, with the intention to determine the ideal surgical treatment, to assure total or partial recovery of the damaged area. Between the possibilities of surgical and multidisciplinary management are: surgical debridement, fasciotomy, escharotomy, excision, skin grafts, permanent or temporary skin substitutes, psychological, therapeutic and cosmiatric accompaniments. Final considerations: It becomes more evident the importance of discerning the possibilities of treatments for burns injuries, with the intention to follow the best therapeutic choice according to the clinic condition of the patient, and to provide the best prognostic and functional and aesthetic restitution of the affected segment.