A prospective descriptive study of Cutimed Sorbact® used as a skin substitute for the treatment of partial thickness burn wounds

Introduction: We used Cutimed Sorbact® as a skin substitute based on earlier observations that partial thickness burns seemed to heal underneath it without problems. Material and Methods: Twenty-seven patients with superficial and mid-partial thickness burns were included. Deep partial thickness and full-thickness burns were excluded. Wound assessment was done twice a week by the first author in conjunction with the co-authors. The factors assessed included wound bed appearance, slough, pus, biofilm, granulation, epithelium, smoothness and colour. Results: Most wounds appeared clean (59%), dry (51%) and pink (51%). About a third (27%) appeared healed and there was depth progression in two patients (