We report on the use of a high-speed, fiber-based Mueller-matrix optical coherence tomography system with continuous source-polarization modulation for in vivo burn depth evaluation and healing monitoring. A homemade hand-held probe with integrated optical scanning and beam delivering optics was coupled in the sample arm. In vivo burn imaging was demonstrated on porcine skin at different stages...

THIS volume is the successor to "The Treatment of Burns", the second edition of which was published ten years ago. It has been re-named to emphasise the importance of the team approach which is so vital to the care of the severely burnt patient. The late Curtis Artz, his two co-editors and the other forty contributors are all present or former members of the staff of the U.S. Army Institute of ...

BACKGROUND Burns are one of the most important causes of traumatic death in children worldwide. A pediatric burn center was established in our hospital in August 2009. The aim of this study was to compare patient profiles and data before and after the burn treatment center was established. METHODS Burn patients were admitted to the pediatric surgery department between January 2005 and August ...

A 47 year old man was brought by ambulance to the accident and emergency department after sustaining an electric shock at home. He was repairing a washing machine which had not been disconnected from the mains supply. As he reached around the drum with both arms he sustained an electric shock, rendering him unable to release his grip on the drum for at least 10 seconds. He did not lose consciou...

background: despite a general consensus regarding the impacts of early excision and grafting (ee and g) of burned hand on the reducing of treatment cost and hospital stay, there are some controversial issues about its eff ect on the outcome of hand function.th is study conducted to compare the results of the ee and g and delayed skin grafting in deep hand burns regarding the hand functional out...

Burn injuries, especially severe burns, triggers immune and inflammation response, disturbances of metabolism distributive type shock, all this can be said as hard to treat may lead cause multiple organ failure. The fact that the injury not only effects physical health but also mental his quality life is critical. As a result, people with burn injuries cannot deemed recovered if wounds have hea...

We have developed a real-time (8 to 30 fps) photoacoustic (PA) imaging system with a linear-array transducer for burn depth assessment. In this system, PA signals originating from blood in the noninjured tissue layer located under the injured tissue layer are detected and imaged. A compact home-made high-repetition-rate (500 Hz) 532-nm fiber laser was incorporated as a light source. We used an ...

Objective: To find out the frequency of hand burn and effectiveness Z-plasty in post-burn contractures. Study Design: Descriptive Cross-sectional study. Setting: Department Pediatric Surgery, Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot. Period: January to December 2021. Material & Methods: A preformed proforma was used, consisting 4 parts, first part including demographic data like age...