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Aim of the study was to investigate whether a combination of clotting factors with homologous full thickness skin grafts would accelerate wound healing and diminish fluid and protein losses following severe third degree burns.
To this purpose in vivo studies where performed using Wistar rats. All animals had third degree burns extending 20% of total body surface. Group A received a full thickness skin graft with topical application of clotting factors to the wound bed, group B received a skin graft without clotting factors, and group C received no transplant.
The results show that the topical application of clotting factors (Tissucol®) significantly accelerated wound healing as well as blood volume and intravascular albumin normalization following burns.
Conclusion: Wound bed sealing by use of topical application of clotting factors may become a reliable tool in burn treatment to enhance recovery following third degree burns.
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Bader, A., Bäumer, F., Henrich, H.A. (1998). Wound Healing, Fluid and Protein Balance in Severe Burns Following Topical Application of Clotting Factors. In: Stark, G.B., Horch, R., TÁczos, E. (eds) Biological Matrices and Tissue Reconstruction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60309-9_30
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