Volume 28, Issue 154, December 2024

Modern strategies in burn wound management: A review of therapeutic approaches and future perspectives

Szymon Graczyk^♦, Ksawery Adamiec, Natalia Księżarek, Jakub Sulima, Jan Mikoda

MedTech Association of Medical University of Silesia. Katowice, Poland

^♦Corresponding Author
MedTech Association of Medical University of Silesia. Katowice, Poland

ABSTRACT

Burn wounds represent a severe health issue, requiring numerous hospitalizations in Poland. Local treatment of burns includes special dressings (e.g., fatty gauze, hydrocolloid, hydrogel, alginate) and surgical methods. Biosynthetic skin substitutes and antiseptics like silver sulfadiazine can also be used. Surgical procedures include tangential excision of necrotic tissue, fascial excision, and skin grafts (autografts, allografts, xenografts). These techniques are essential in partial and full-thickness deep burns treatment. Surgical intervention reduces the risk of wound infection by closing possible portals for the pathogens that cause sepsis. The aim of the paper is to overview the various treatment methods of burn wounds, according to the depth of the lesion and the impact on the healing process.

Keywords: Burns, dressings, skin graft, surgical treatment methods, sepsis

Medical Science, 2024, 28, e149ms3464

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v28i154.e149ms3464

Published: 11 December 2024