Assessment of quality-of-life in patients with face-and-neck burns: The Burn-Specific Health Scale for Face and Neck (BSHS-FN)

Every year, worldwide, burns and fires cause>300,000 deaths and nearly 11 million injuries [1]. Approximately 50% of burns involve the cervico-facial region [2], and about half of these involve the neck region [2,3,4], with frequent debilitating psycho-social repercussions.

Source: Burns : Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries - June 26, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: S. Gandolfi, R. Carloni, N. Bertheuil, J.L. Grolleau, I. Auquit-Auckbur, B. Chaput Source Type: research