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Split-thickness skin grafts are widely used in reconstruction of large area defects. Conventional postoperative recipient site care includes saline-moistened gauze with a protective layer of petroleum gauze and splints for immobilization. This method causes pain while changing the dressing. We designed a better occlusive drainage system for split-thickness skin grafts.We compared the treatment effect...
Inhalation injury is an independent risk factor of mortality in burn patients. The burn index (BI), which includes burn depth and size, also plays a role in predicting mortality. We aimed to establish a relationship between survival rate, inhalation injury, and BI.From 1997 to 2010, 21,791 burn patients from 44 hospitals were retrospectively reviewed. Kaplan–Meier and log-rank assessments were used...
The aim of the study is to understand the incidence of burns among outpatients and inpatients of Taiwan in 2010. Characteristics of the burned patients were also studied in terms of gender, age, burn sites, burn degree, reconstructive surgical treatment, as well as which specialty and medical facility they are treated in.Burned patients were identified from the 1,000,000-person cohort dataset sampled...
A potential solution to prevent post-burn deleterious inflammatory responses is early burn wound excision. However, the most beneficial time point remains controversial. This animal study investigated the optimal time point for burn wound excision to reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines production after burn.Forty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats received scald burns with third-degree burns of 30% body...
To evaluate the effect of a new dressing method for clean wound coverage, two kinds of dressing materials are combined together to cover nine wounds in nine patients. All the wounds are split-thickness skin graft donor sites located in the anterior thighs. The size of the wounds ranges from 6cm×4cm to 10cm×8cm (42cm 2 on average). A central fenestration is created in the polyurethane film...
Purpose: The early impact on the heart of severe burns has all been well documented previously. Here, we report on the late effects of burns upon the heart, and dilated cardiomyopathy, such aspects having been little reported previously in the literature.Methods: Over the past 8 years (June 1991 to December 1998), 55 scalded or flame-burnt patients for whom the total burnt body surface area (TBSA)...
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