Post burn contracted neck: Experience in Ain Shams burn center

•In this study, we examine our experience with neck contractures from January 2019 through July 2022 in Ain Shams University burn unit.•We prospectively evaluated 70 patients and managed them according to Makboul and El-Oteify’s classification of neck contractures.•Interventions for release included use of skin grafts, local flaps, tissue expansion and free tissue transfer.•Recurrence was also correlated to method on release.•The most common grade of contracture was moderate. Broad scars comprised the most common pattern of scar. Recurrence of neck contracture increased with release by skin grafts.