Dharshini Selvarajah, Bapesh K Bollu, John Harvey, Madeleine Jacques, Susan Jehangir, Emily S Fuller, Erik La Hei, Monique Bertinetti, Torey Lawrence, Andrew Ja Holland
OBJECTIVES: Scalds involving toddlers commonly involve the torso and are frequently mid-dermal in depth. Initial management of a mid-dermal burn is conservative, progressing to grafting if healing has not been achieved in 10-14 days. Historically BiobraneTM (UDL Laboratories, Inc., Sugar Land, TX) is thought to have more favourable clinical outcomes compared to Acticoat TM (Smith and Nephew, St. Petersburg, Fl, USA). The Burns Unit at The Children's Hospital at Westmead (CHW) uses both dressings on a regular basis, providing the opportunity to compare the results of the dressings in a cohort of patients with mid-dermal torso burns...
2019: International Journal of Burns and Trauma