Home hydrotherapy in the postoperative rehabilitation phase of the burn patients

Saaiq, Muhammad; Ashraf, Bushra; Zaib, Muhammad Salman; Ahmad, Shahzad

doi:10.1016/j.burns.2014.08.025

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“…Burns of the face and neck are a challenge for plastic surgeons because the lack of adequate coverage in this region can lead hypertrophic scars and keloids causing important functional limitations and subsequent disability. Scarring and tissue loss from second-and especially third-degree burns spontaneously healed or covered with skin grafts can usually cause deformities, and more rare are posttraumatic sequelae, or after the surgical excision of tumor [1][2][3][4][5]. Multiple treatment alternatives have been used with variable but limited success (skin grafts, Z-plasties, local and distant flaps) [6][7][8][9].…”

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The Use of Collagen-Glycosaminoglycan Biodegradable Matrix (Integra®) in the Management of Neck Postburn Hypertrophic Scars and Contractures

Hoinoiu

Grujic

Prilipceanu³

et al. 2020

Applied Sciences

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Glycosaminoglycan (GAG) is a chain-like disaccharide that is linked to a polypeptide core to connect two collagen fibrils/fibers and provide the intermolecular force in a Collagen-GAG matrix which can be a valuable treatment of post-burn contractures and hypertrophic scars, which remain a challenge to reconstructive surgery. The face and neck contractures are the most difficult sites to treat. This article is meant to discuss our clinical experience in using collagen-glycosaminoglycan biodegradable matrix (Integra® Integra Lifesciences Corporation, Plainsboro, NJ, USA) to reconstruct defects created by excision of contracted areas from the neck and lower face areas. Between 2009 and 2011, we had 11 patients that underwent Integra reconstructive procedures. The mean follow-up period was 18 months. For all the patients, the intake of the Integra dermal regeneration template was 100%, even if one patient developed a minor infection treated with appropriate antibiotics. The patients are very satisfied with the result. A minor problem was a small difference in skin color, but this inconvenience was compensated by good skin elasticity.

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