THE LOCAL TREATMENT OF THERMAL BURNS

Adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of thermal burns.

A significant and consistently positive body of evidence from animal and human studies of thermal injury support the use of hyperbaric oxygen as a means of preventing dermal ischemia, reducing edema, modulating the zone of stasis, preventing partial- to full-thickness conversion, preserving cellular metabolism and promoting of healing. The vast majority of clinical reports have shown reduction ...

[Our experience in the treatment of thermal burns].

Experimental thermal burns.

The Treatment of Burns

Local treatment of burns with honeycomb expanded polyurethane (ligasano).

The results are presented of the local treatment of burns with honeycomb expanded polyurethane. This method of treatment can be used both for the medication of burns of limited extent but variable depth and as a mattress for patients confined to bed. In the first case, the purpose of the treatment, which makes use of the product's absorbent and debriding capacity, is either to cure the lesion o...