Scars
A Practical Guide for Scar Therapy
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Management of Hypertrophic Scars in Pediatric Burn Patients
Hypertrophic scarring is still a challenging outcome after a burn, particularly in children. Even within the pediatric population, healing and scar physiology have certain peculiarities. Factors such as the in...
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Treatment of Facial Burns
Our faces allow us to convey subtle emotions and nonverbal communication and perceive the world around us through our eyes, ears, and nose. Facial burns may be devastating, robbing the patients of their sense ...
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Open AccessHead and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a potential therapeutic target for the Wnt signaling pathway
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck region accounts for 3% of all tumors worldwide. The incidence is higher in men, with most carcinomas found in the oral cavity. At the point of initial diagnos...
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Wnt ligand expression in malignant melanoma: new insights
Cutaneous melanoma is the deadliest skin cancer and shows an increasing incidence. Survival rates of melanomas without metastases are high, but once metastases develop, mortality rates rise significantly. The ...
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Wundkonditionierung und temporäre Wundabdeckung vor Transplantation: Allogene, xenogene und biosynthetische Membranen
Bei großflächigen Verbrennungen, die mehr als 70 % der Körperoberfläche betreffen, haben die üblich verwendeten chirurgischen Verfahren wie autologe Spalthauttransplantation mangels vorhandener Spendenareale i...
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Long-Term Sequelae of Burn Injury: Current Understanding of Pathophysiology, Therapeutic, and Rehabilitative Options with an Emphasis on Hypertrophic Scarring and Laser Therapy
The chances of survival after a major burn injury have constantly increased over the past decades and further decreases in mortality rates seem to be out of reach [1]. Recent data shows that 96.8% of all patie...
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Unplanned 30-day readmission rates after plastic and reconstructive surgery procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Identifying risk factors for unplanned hospital readmission is beneficial in terms of costs and utilization of resources. This systematic review aimed to identify and compare the rates and common reasons for r...
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Nd:YAG Laser and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) in the Treatment of Hypertrophic and Keloid Scar
M22™ is a modular multi-application platform (Lumenis, Santa Clara, CA) that combines universal intense pulsed light (IPL), multi-spot Nd:YAG, ResurFX™, and Q-switched Nd:YAG. The Nd:YAG and intense pulsed lig...
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Treatment of Burns: Established and Novel Technologies
Burns are one of the most devastating traumas, affecting more than two million individuals around the globe every year [1, 2]. The last few decades have been marked by several advances in the care of massive b...
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Pig Model to Test Tissue-Engineered Skin
Tissue engineering of skin is a field with high research activities and major importance for wound healing, especially following burn injuries. Animal models enable to test tissue-engineered skin as well as di...
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Skin Substitutes for Burn Wounds
Progress in the care of severely burned patients has been achieved over the past decade and led to significantly decreased morbidity and mortality. The authors discuss burn wound care, skin substitutes, tempor...
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Open AccessMulti-institutional analysis of independent predictors for burn mortality in the United States
Previous reports individually identified different factors that predict death after burns. The authors employed the multi-center American Burn Association’s (ABA) National Burn Repository (NBR) to elucidate wh...
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Open AccessCo-administration of vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam is associated with increased renal dysfunction in adult and pediatric burn patients
Burn patients are prone to infections which often necessitate broad antibiotic coverage. Vancomycin is a common antibiotic after burn injury and is administered alone (V), or in combination with imipenem-cilas...
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Open AccessBurn prevention in the face of global wealth inequality
Burn injuries remain a consistent challenge for providers of medical care worldwide and thus the current focus of medical professionals is on improving treatments and reducing the incidence of burns altogether...
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Open AccessLow exposure levels of respirable particles during the preparation of NexoBrid® bromelain powder
Burns are common injuries that are usually covered with a layer of necrotic tissue called the eschar. Early removal of the eschar is the current standard of care, however, debridement using tangential excision...
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Open AccessTranspulmonary thermodilution for hemodynamic measurements in severely burned children
Monitoring of hemodynamic and volumetric parameters after severe burns is of critical importance. Pulmonary artery catheters, however, have been associated with many risks. Our aim was to show the feasibility ...
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Open AccessThe use of exenatide in severely burned pediatric patients
Intensive insulin treatment (IIT) has been shown to improve outcomes post-burn in severely burnt patients. However, it increases the incidence of hypoglycemia and is associated with risks and complications. We...
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Ernährungstherapie bei Brandverletzten
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Brandverletzungen bei Kindern
Jedes Jahr gibt es in den USA ungefähr 1.25 Millionen Menschen, die Verbrennungen erleiden. Bei 40.000 dieser Menschen erweisen sich die Brandverletzungen als so schwer, dass sie stationär im Krankenhaus behan...
