Our 3-year Experience of Stem Cell Use in Treatment of Deep Skin Burns

[Our experience in the treatment of thermal burns].

Facial Burns - Our Experience

Facial burns are generally considered severe. This is due to the possibility of respiratory complications. First responders check the nostrils for singed hairs. In severe cases there may be soot around the nose and mouth and coughing may produce phlegm that includes ash. Facial and inhalational burns compromise airways. They pose difficulties in pre-hospital resuscitation and are challenge to c...

Plerixafor in the Treatment of Stem Cell Mobilization Failure; First Experience in Iran

High-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (SCT) have become an effective care for many patients with hematological malignancies. Harvesting the stem cells is one the most important parts of SCT. The two most commonly used mobilization regimens are the use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) or G-CSF plus chemotherapy. However, about 10-30% of patients are unab...

Plerixafor in the Treatment of Stem Cell Mobilization Failure; First Experience in Iran

High-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (SCT) have become an effective care for many patients with hematological malignancies. Harvesting the stem cells is one the most important parts of SCT. The two most commonly used mobilization regimens are the use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) or G-CSF plus chemotherapy. However, about 10-30% of patients are unab...

Surgical treatment of deep burns.

The results are presented of the treatment of 168 patients aged 1 to 60 yr with deep burns. The use of active surgical tactics in patients with deep and extensive burns was tested. It was found that the application of a method of active surgical tactics, in combination with different approaches of wound covering such as "combined auto- and allografting", "combined auto- and porcine-skin graftin...