es·cha·rot·o·my ( s k -r t -m )n. Incision into a burn eschar in order to lessen its pull on the surrounding tissue. |
escharotomy
[es′kärot′əmē]
a surgical incision into necrotic tissue resulting from a severe burn. The procedure is sometimes necessary to prevent edema from generating sufficient interstitial pressure to impair capillary filling, causing ischemia.
escharotomy
surgical incision of the eschar and superficial fascia of a circumferentially burned limb in order to permit the cut edges to separate and restore blood flow to unburned tissue distal to the eschar. Edema may form beneath the inelastic eschar of a full-thickness burn and compress arteries, thus impairing blood flow and necessitating an escharotomy. The incision is protected from infection with the same antimicrobial agent being used on the burn wound.
escharotomy
Surgery An incision into an encircling scar–eg, of a 3rd degree burn to an extremity, to lessen the pressure on neurovascular structures
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