RESUMO
The results of ultrasound study of upper extremity tissues were comparatively analyzed in 74 patients with varying degrees of thermal burns. All the victims had thermal burns of the shoulder, forearm, and hand of one or both arms; the injured and contralateral normal areas were comparatively analyzed. The analysis of the findings has revealed that thermal burns of the upper extremities show certain ultrasound symptoms of soft tissue injuries that are indicative of the specific features of changes in the postburn period in relation to the degree of the injury - the duration of detection of edemas and fluid along the muscle bundles and tendon sheaths, their immobility during active and passive movements, the signs of extravasal compression, the determination of vascular wall complications, the signs of cartilaginous tissue damage, and articular complications.