Wound healing still remains a challenging problem that is why wound management is necessary. Metal nano particle like, gold and silver shows bacteriostatic and bactericidal activities. Biomaterials like chitosan and collagen play an important role as wound dressing materials. It stimulates wound healing by fibro genesis and increases the development of skin .When we embed any biomaterial with n...

BACKGROUND The treatment of burn patients is very challenging because burn injuries are one of the most severe traumas that can be experienced. The effect of music therapy on burn patients has been widely reported, but the results have been inconsistent. Thus, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in burn patients to determine the effect of music dur...

Variations in skin dose caused by a silicon-based burn dressing used in radiotherapy during treatment have been investigated. Measurement of these variations in skin dose has been achieved using thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) and Gafchromic film. For a 6 MV x-ray beam results have shown that an approximately 0.4 mm thick silicon mesh dressing increases the average surface dose by approxima...

BACKGROUND Oropharyngeal malignancies represent management challenges for the head and neck surgeons. Tumor resection and reconstruction with graft is the standard treatment. Split-thickness skin grafts are routinely used to cover the mucosal defects arising from resections. As amniotic membrane (AM) is used as a dressing substitute in burn, we decided to evaluate the efficacy of AM as a biolog...

OBJECTIVE This article reports the first application of subatmospheric pressure management to a deep, partial-thickness human thermal burn. METHODS After cleaning the wound, the decision was made to treat the hand and distal forearm with subatmospheric pressure (V.A.C., KCI, Inc, San Antonio, Tex). The sponge was applied directly to the burned skin without additional interface at approximatel...

A massive loss of dermis layer such as in deep burn wounds brings several important consequences and complications which contribute to major problems, personally economically, for the patients their families. Ideal wound treatment should not focus merely on removing devitalized tissue, controlling bacterial growth, promoting healing, but also accelerating healing process preventing scar-related...

Xe-Derma(®) is a new biological acellular temporary wound cover derived from pig dermis in the form of a mesh of collagen and elastic fibers. It is recommended for use in similar indications as classical pig xenografts. A data collection of 2 burns centres in the treatment of burns with Xe-Derma(®) was obtained from the medical records of 101 patients admitted from January 1, 2010 to December 3...

UNLABELLED Objective. To evaluate the use of a noninvasive, low-frequency ultrasound device to treat residual burn wounds as an adjunct to regular wound dressing therapy. METHODS Nineteen patients with 38 residual wounds (served as self control) with an average post-burn duration of 94.6 days were recruited. Low-frequency ultrasound at 40 kHz was delivered in the ultrasonic group by a handhe...

BACKGROUND Facial burns are quite common among children. Many different wound-covers can be used for dressing burn wounds, which is usually painful for the patients. These covers can also be combined with local anesthetic creams. Lidocaine-prilocaine cream 5% (LPC) is commonly used as a topical anesthetic by physicians performing plastic surgery. In the present study, we investigated the effect...

OBJECTIVE To present a case report of a patient with an open fracture and severe burns and review the literature. METHODS The patient was treated with intubation, intravenous antibiotics, and debridement and intramedullary nailing for the femur fracture. He later underwent multiple burn excision procedures with allograft and autograft skin coverage. The wound over the fracture was treated wit...