Healing time and incidence of hypertrophic scarring in paediatric scalds

Healing time and incidence of hypertrophic scarring in paediatric scalds

Highlights • We studied 322 children who presented with scald burns over a 5 year period. • 16.1% developed hypertrophic scarring (HTS) significantly higher incidence with slower healing. • 25 patients had split thickness skin grafting of which 21 (84%) developed HTS. • Grafting offered no benefit o...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Burns 2017-05, Vol.43 (3), p.509-513
Hauptverfasser: Lonie, Sarah, Baker, Paul, Teixeira, Rodrigo P
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Australia - epidemiology
Bandages
Burns
Burns - complications
Burns - therapy
Child
Child, Preschool
Cicatrix, Hypertrophic - epidemiology
Cicatrix, Hypertrophic - etiology
Critical Care
Debridement
Female
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Male
Paediatrics
Retrospective Studies
Scald
Scarring
Skin Transplantation
Time Factors
Wound Healing
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Highlights • We studied 322 children who presented with scald burns over a 5 year period. • 16.1% developed hypertrophic scarring (HTS) significantly higher incidence with slower healing. • 25 patients had split thickness skin grafting of which 21 (84%) developed HTS. • Grafting offered no benefit over conservative management in terms of HTS in the 22–30 days to heal. • The risk of HTS in slow healing despite grafting, suggests graft should be earlier.
ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/j.burns.2016.09.011