case_images: PMC4864669_01
case_images: Scalp burn degradation necessitating excision at day 6, progressing to reveal extensively exposed calvarium by day 12.
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case_images: F1
case_images: On day 6 postinjury, however, his head and neck burns began to declare and degrade, necessitating excision of the scalp and dead periosteum to the level of the skull over the entire calvarium (Fig 1).
case_images: Slow and meticulous debridement of the head and neck burns resulted in a clean, granulating head and neck. Full calvarial exposure demonstrated.
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case_images: F2
case_images: It took until day 40, with meticulous small debridements designed to retain as much viable head tissue as possible before the wounds were clean around the exposed calvarium (Fig 2).