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Treatment of Partial-Thickness Scalds by Skin Xenografts

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Burns, Infections and Wound Management

Part of the book series: Recent Clinical Techniques, Results, and Research in Wounds ((RCTRRW,volume 2))

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The aim of the present chapter is to confirm the clinical expediency of utilization of particular type of biological skin substitute—porcine skin xenograft in the treatment of scald partial-thickness burns. Among 109 patients, 78 (71%) patients healed within 14 days with a mean time 9.6 days. One sample t-test which compared mean healing times achieved within 14 days with the value of 14 days proved to be significant. Four patients received split-thickness skin grafts. The data obtained were compared with similar studies, and other treatment options in this indication were discussed. The retrospective study proved the clinical efficiency of utilization of skin xenograft for the treatment of partial-thickness scald burns. This method with its treatment effect is fully comparable with the other ones, which are using biological or another type of skin substitutes in given indication.

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  1. Department of Burns and Reconstructive Surgery of Comenius University, Universital Hospital Ružinov, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

    Peter Bukovčan M.D., Ph.D. & Ján Koller

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Bukovčan, P., Koller, J. (2017). Treatment of Partial-Thickness Scalds by Skin Xenografts. In: Shiffman, M., Low, M. (eds) Burns, Infections and Wound Management. Recent Clinical Techniques, Results, and Research in Wounds, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/15695_2017_28

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