BACKGROUND Wound healing is widely discussed in the medical literature. This study compared the healing effect of aloe vera extract and silver sulfadiazine in burn injuries in experimental rat model. METHODS Sixteen rats were randomly assigned to one of two groups, each group 8 rats. A deep second-degree burn on the lower back and 3(rd) degree burn on upper back of each rat were created with ...

Modifi cations of traditional pressure gloves for improved performance in scar fl exion contracture prevention and fi ngertip circulation inspection Dear editor, Scar hyperplasia and contracture may occur both during the spontaneous healing process of burn injuries and after surgical correction of burn-injury-related hand dysfunction or deformity such as ulnar claw. Pressure gloves, capable of ...

Few biopharmaceutical preparations developed from biologicals are available for tissue regeneration and scar management. When developing biological treatments with cellular therapy, selection of cell types and establishment of consistent cell banks are crucial steps in whole-cell bioprocessing. Various cell types have been used in treatment of wounds to reduce scar to date including autolog and...

BACKGROUND The patient and observer scar assessment scale (POSAS) recently emerged as a promising method, reflecting both observer's and patient's opinions in evaluating scar. This tool was shown to be consistent and reliable in burn scar assessment, but it has not been tested in the setting of skin graft scar in skin cancer patients. OBJECTIVE To evaluate facial skin graft scar applied to PO...

Burn injury is skin damage due to extreme temperature resulting in hypertrophic scar if impaired of wound healing occurs that can impact on the quality life. Evaluation objectively and subjectively including life patient could performed with POSAS score. This study aimed evaluate burn profile based core at Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Hospital Manado. was a retrospective using medical records patient...

Airway evaluation and management are of critical importance to providing safe and effective anesthesia. Burn injuries in and around the airway are of particular concern to anesthesia providers. The following is a case report of a 5-year-old patient who had neck contractures and a large hypertrophic scar on his chin secondary to a burn injury. The patient initially was easy to mask ventilate, bu...