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This study conducted to compare the results of the EE and G and delayed skin grafting in deep hand burns regarding the hand functional outcome.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study was conducted from April 2012 to November 2013 in sixty patients with deep thermal burns of the dorsal hand with total body surface area (TBSA) &lt;20% who were admitted to special burn hospital. After standard primary burn care and resuscitation, necessary procedures (EE and G or more conservative treatment) were performed based on the patients\u2019 conditions. The patients were placed into early excision (No. =30) and delayed excision group (No. =30). Total active motion (TAM) of fingers, grip strength of the hand and the assessment of disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand questionnaire, were measured in all patients 6 months after grafting.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The average percentage of TBSA in the EE and G group was more than the delayed excision group (17.34% \u00b15.12% vs. 15.64% \u00b15.83%), this difference was not significant (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.23). After 6 months, the average of the TAM and grip strength in the EE and G group was significantly more than that of the delayed group (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.0001 and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.019).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The present study showed that EE and G with proper physical therapy and rehabilitation management provides a higher functional outcome in dorsal deep burned hand.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/1735-1995.193501","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,11,7]],"date-time":"2016-11-07T04:16:34Z","timestamp":1478492194000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Effects of early versus delayed excision and grafting on the return of the burned hand function"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Seyed Hamid","family":"Salehi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery, Burn Research Center, Motahari Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohammad Javad","family":"Fatemi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maryam","family":"Sedghi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery, Burn Research Center, Motahari Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mitra","family":"Niazi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational Therapy, Burn Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,11,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"R1-20250827","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"134","DOI":"10.1097\/01.BCR.0000105050.53263.30","article-title":"Effective hand function assessment after burn injuries","volume":"25","author":"Umraw","year":"2004","journal-title":"J Burn Care Rehabil"},{"key":"R2-20250827","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"49","DOI":"10.1016\/S0094-1298(20)32682-1","article-title":"The acute and subacute management of the burned hand","volume":"27","author":"Luce","year":"2000","journal-title":"Clin Plast Surg"},{"key":"R3-20250827","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1350","DOI":"10.1097\/00006534-199910000-00017","article-title":"Fist position for skin grafting on the dorsal hand: I. 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