Treatment of partial thickness hand burn injuries in children with combination of silver foam dressing and zinc-hyaluronic gel: Case reports. Issue 13 (March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jozsa, Gergo; Vajda, Peter; Garami, Andras; Csenkey, Alexandra; Juhasz, Zsolt
• Other Names: Cimpliant. RE section editor.
• Is Part Of: Medicine. Volume 97:Issue 13(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-03
• Subjects: children -- second burn hand injury -- silver foam dressing -- treatment -- Zn-hyaluronic gel; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine -- Périodiques; Geneeskunde; Medicine; Periodicals; Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000009991
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0025-7974

Abstract

Abstract: Rationale: Burns is a common type of traumatic injury in childhood. Nowadays, several wound dressings are available to treat the second-degree hand burns conservatively. Patient concerns, diagnoses: At the authors' institute, 37 children were treated conservatively with a special dressing at first intervention containing Aquacel Ag foam and Zn-hyaluronic gel to determine their effectiveness on partial thickness hand burns. Interventions: The dressing was checked on the second day, and removed on the sixth or seventh day (unless it had spontaneously separated). Outcomes: None of the 37 children treated with this dressing were diagnosed with wound infection. The authors observed the epithelialization of the burned areas on the 6-7th day after primary conservative treatment. The dressing efficiently promotes epithelialization in all cases. Further advantage of Zn-hyaluronic gel is to enhance cell regeneration and inhibits dressing fixation into the wound. Lessons: Based on the authors' experience, with this special combination of wound dressing, a gentle, child-friendly, cost-effective treatment and excellent wound healing observed with favourable cosmetic results.