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Burn Treatment and Reconstruction

A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Surgery".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2024 | Viewed by 972

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Marcin Gierek

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Dr Stanisław Sakiel Center for Burns Treatment, Jana Pawła II 2, 41-100 Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland
Interests: surgical oncology; burns; plastic surgery
Dr. Dariusz A. Waniczek

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Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Interests: burn; surgery; surgical oncology
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are thrilled to announce the upcoming Special Issue of Medicina, centered on “Burn Treatment and Reconstruction”. In response to the enduring challenges posed by burn injuries in healthcare, this Special Issue aspires to compile cutting-edge research and innovative approaches within the realm of burn care. Recognizing the persistent challenges that burn injuries pose in the healthcare landscape, this Special Issue aspires to serve as a compendium of leading-edge research and innovative strategies in the field of burn care.

We eagerly anticipate your valuable contributions, which will undoubtedly enrich our collective understanding of burn treatment and reconstruction.

We extend a warm invitation to researchers, clinicians, and experts to contribute original research articles, reviews, and clinical studies covering various facets of contemporary burn treatment. The following topics are of particular interest:

1) Innovative therapeutic strategies for managing burn wounds.
2) Progress in skin grafting techniques and tissue engineering.
3) Rehabilitation and long-term care for individuals recovering from burns.
4) Hiperbaric treatment as a support of surgical treatment.
5) Human amniotic membrane as an antiseptic-soaked dressing dedicated to infected wounds.
6) Burn treatment utilizing the amniotic membrane.
7) Applications of the amniotic membrane with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in burn treatment.
8) Amniotic membrane as a carrier for skin cells, providing the potential for burn treatment using a new type of biovital graft.
9) Acellular dermal matrix (ADM) in burn treatment.
10) Enzymatic demarcation of necrosis.
11) Modern visualization technologies for burns, e.g., LASCA (laser speckle contrast analysis) and Spect-CT (single-photon emission computed tomography).
12) Reconstruction surgery in burn treatment, e.g., free flaps and microsurgery.

Dr. Marcin Gierek
Dr. Dariusz A. Waniczek
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Medicina is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • skin grafting
  • tissue reconstruction
  • burn innovative treatment
  • enzymatic debridement

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Assessing the Effect of Enzymatic Debridement on the Scar Quality in Partial-Thickness Burns to Deep Dermal Burns of the Hand: A Long-Term Evaluation
by Wolfram Heitzmann, Alexandra Schulz, Paul Christian Fuchs and Jennifer Lynn Schiefer
Medicina 2024, 60(3), 481; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60030481 - 14 Mar 2024
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Background and Objectives: Burn surgery on the hands is a difficult procedure due to the complex anatomy and fragility of the area. Enzymatic debridement has been shown to effectively remove burn eschar while minimizing damage to the surrounding tissue and has therefore become [...] Read more.
Background and Objectives: Burn surgery on the hands is a difficult procedure due to the complex anatomy and fragility of the area. Enzymatic debridement has been shown to effectively remove burn eschar while minimizing damage to the surrounding tissue and has therefore become a standard procedure in many burn centers worldwide over the past decade. However, surprisingly, our recent literature review showed limited valid data on the long-term scarring after the enzymatic debridement of the hands. Therefore, we decided to present our study on this topic to fill this gap. Materials and Methods: This study analyzed partial-thickness to deep dermal burns on the hands that had undergone enzymatic debridement at least 12 months prior. Objective measures, like flexibility, trans-epidermal water loss, erythema, pigmentation, and microcirculation, were recorded and compared intraindividually to the uninjured skin in the same area of the other hand to assess the regenerative potential of the skin after EDNX. The subjective scar quality was evaluated using the patient and observer scar assessment scale (POSAS), the Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS), and the “Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand” (DASH) questionnaire and compared interindividually to a control group of 15 patients who had received traditional surgical debridement for hand burns of the same depth. Results: Between January 2014 and December 2015, 31 hand burns in 28 male and 3 female patients were treated with enzymatic debridement. After 12 months, the treated wounds showed no significant differences compared to the untreated skin in terms of flexibility, trans-epidermal water loss, pigmentation, and skin surface. However, the treated wounds still exhibited significantly increased blood circulation and erythema compared to the untreated areas. In comparison to the control group who received traditional surgical debridement, scarring was rated as significantly superior. Conclusions: In summary, it can be concluded that the objective skin quality following enzymatic debridement is comparable to that of healthy skin after 12 months and subjectively fares better than that after tangential excision. This confirms the superiority of enzymatic debridement in the treatment of deep dermal burns of the hand and solidifies its position as the gold standard. Full article
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