The management of patients with massive burns remains a challenge. Early burn wound excision followed by timely coverage are key factors successful surgical treatment. As donor sites extremely limited, requires intermediate and expansion grafts. Although high expansions rates 1:6 to 1:9 feasible, they commonly known result in poor graft stability subpar aesthetic outcome. This report aims illus...

BACKGROUND Advances in the care of burn injuries have resulted from the efforts of regional patient-based specialist teams at burn care centers. OBJECTIVES We conducted this study to assess the four-year epidemiology of burn injuries in Rasht, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, medical records of 2274 burn patients, treated at Velayat hospital from January 2007 to De...

Background Accurate total body surface area burned (TBSAB) estimation is a crucial aspect of early burn management. It helps guide resuscitation and is essential in the calculation of fluid requirements. Conventional methods of estimation can often lead to large discrepancies in burn percentage estimation. We aim to compare a new method of TBSAB estimation using a three-dimensional smart-phone ...

Background: Burns are among the most common traumas in developing countries, which consume large amounts of medical resources. It is important to find an appropriate material for dressing of burn wounds that improves healing and is readily available, easily applicable, and economical. Methods: In a single-blind randomized controlled clinical trial from March to October 2006, 211 patients with l...

Guidelines • Adults and children with burns greater than 20% TBSA should undergo formal fluid resuscitation using estimates based on body size and surface area burned. • Common formulas used to initiate of resuscitation estimate a crystalloid need for 2 to 4 ml/kg body weight/%TBSA during the first 24 hours. • Fluid resuscitation, regardless of solution type or estimated need, should be titrate...

Our recent literature survey indicated a lack of clinical assessment of the influence of gender and site of burn injury on the outcome of patients with extensive burns. This report examines the effect of burn sites and gender on extensive burns’ mortality.Data was gathered from 283 patients with burns larger than 65% of the total body surface area (TBSA) above the belt line or below the belt li...

Background Patients presenting with large surface area burns are common in our practice; however, patients with a secondary large burn on pre-existing burn scars and grafts are rare and not reported. Case presentation We report on an unusual case of a patient sustaining a secondary large burn to areas previously injured by a burn from a different mechanism. We discuss the potential implicatio...

background: burns are among the most common traumas in developing countries, which consume large amounts of medical resources. it is important to find an appropriate material for dressing of burn wounds that improves healing and is readily available, easily applicable, and economical.   methods: in a single-blind randomized controlled clinical trial from march to october 2006, 211 patients with...