ArticlePediatric surgery international2016
Silver containing hydrofiber dressing promotes wound healing in paediatric patients with partial thickness burns.
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- The Use of Aquacel® Ag for the Management of Partial-Thickness Burns in a Tertiary Center.Cureus · 2026Article
- Healing Rates and Dressing Frequency of Silver Foam Dressings in Paediatric Burns: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis.European burn journal · 2025Review
- [Expert consensus on the management of deep partial-thickness burn wounds in pediatric patients (2023 version)].Zhonghua shao shang yu chuang mian xiu fu za zhi · 2023Article
- Chinese expert consensus on the Management of Pediatric Deep Partial-Thickness Burn Wounds (2023 edition).Burns & trauma · 2023Article
- Treatment of experimentally induced partial-thickness burns in rats with different silver-impregnated dressings.Acta cirurgica brasileira · 2022Article
- Optimizing the use of Aquacel Ag® for pediatric burns - When to start?Annals of burns and fire disasters · 2020Article
- First-Line Interactive Wound Dressing Update: A Comprehensive Review of the Evidence.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2020Review
- New dressing combination for the treatment of partial thickness burn injuries in children.Annals of burns and fire disasters · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionBurn injury is one of the most common reasons for admission in paediatric population. There is currently no international consensus on the best wound dressing material. Aquacel Ag, a new silver containing hydrofiber dressing material has been reported to produce good clinical results. Yet, only a limited number of studies exist in the paediatric population. This study aims to review our experience of burn management over the past 5 years and to evaluate the effectiveness of Aquacel Ag in the management of partial thickness burns.
methodsA retrospective review of all patients admitted for burn injury between January 2010 and December 2014 was conducted. Patients' demographics, mechanism of injury, body surface areas involved, treatment applied, and clinical outcomes were analyzed. Patients with superficial injury, full thickness burns that required surgical debridement, burn area less than 2 % or more than 25 % of total body surface area, or incomplete clinical data were excluded from the comparative study.
resultsA total of 119 patients were identified. 114 (96 %) was due to domestic injury, of which 108 (91 %) was food-related. The most commonly affected areas were limbs (n = 89, 74.8 %), followed by trunk (n = 62, 74.8). 84 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were recruited into the study. 31 patients received Aquacel Ag dressing and 53 patients received standard paraffin gauze dressing. The two groups showed no statistical difference in age, sex, percentage of total body surface area involved, and infection rate. Outcomes of patients treated with Aquacel Ag were compared with patients treated with standard dressing. The mean hospital stay was significantly shorter for the Aquacel Ag group (14.26 vs 23.45, p = 0.045). Aquacel Ag group required much less frequent dressing change (5.67 vs 20.59, p = 0.002). 5 patients in standard dressing group developed hypertrophic scar and required prolonged pressure garment, whereas only one hypertrophic scar was observed in the Aquacel Ag group.
conclusionAquacel Ag appears to promote early burn wound healing with less hypertrophic scar formation.
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