TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical experience with biobrane® biosynthetic dressing in the treatment of partial thickness burns
AU - Hansbrough, John F.
AU - Zapata-Sirvent, Ramon
AU - Carroll, Wendy J.
AU - Dominic, William J.
AU - Wang, X. W.
AU - Wakimoto, A.
PY - 1984/8
Y1 - 1984/8
N2 - Biobrane®, a synthetic, bicomposite wound dressing, has been used to treat 17 patients with partial thickness burn wounds covering 0·5-12·5 per cent of the total body surface area (mean 4·4 per cent). In 16 patients we found complete healing of the wound after removal of the dressing, 6-15 days after the injury. In one patient, the wounds were determined on the third day post-injury to be deeper than initially suspected, and she was taken to the operating room for surgical debridement and grafting. Biobrane is an effective wound covering for clean, superficial partial thickness burns of limited extent; the simultaneous use of topical antimicrobial agents for such wounds is not necessary.
AB - Biobrane®, a synthetic, bicomposite wound dressing, has been used to treat 17 patients with partial thickness burn wounds covering 0·5-12·5 per cent of the total body surface area (mean 4·4 per cent). In 16 patients we found complete healing of the wound after removal of the dressing, 6-15 days after the injury. In one patient, the wounds were determined on the third day post-injury to be deeper than initially suspected, and she was taken to the operating room for surgical debridement and grafting. Biobrane is an effective wound covering for clean, superficial partial thickness burns of limited extent; the simultaneous use of topical antimicrobial agents for such wounds is not necessary.
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U2 - 10.1016/0305-4179(84)90081-0
DO - 10.1016/0305-4179(84)90081-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 6478287
AN - SCOPUS:0021634083
SN - 0305-4179
VL - 10
SP - 415
EP - 419
JO - Burns
JF - Burns
IS - 6
ER -