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Trial reportClinical rehabilitation2020

Effectiveness of topical silicone gel and pressure garment therapy for burn scar prevention and management in children: a randomized controlled trial.

Jodie Wiseman, Robert S Ware, Megan Simons, Steven McPhail, Roy Kimble, Anne Dotta, Zephanie Tyack

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Clinical rehabilitation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Guideline
  2. Interventions for postburn pruritus.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  12. Burn scar pain: from mechanisms to treatments.Frontiers in physiology · 2025
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  15. The Role of Biomechanical Forces in the Formation and Treatment of Pathological Scars.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2024
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  16. [Research advances on the mechanism and treatment of post-burn pruritus].Zhonghua shao shang yu chuang mian xiu fu za zhi · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jodie WisemanChildren's Burns and Trauma Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0605-5710
Robert S WareMenzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia.
Megan SimonsDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Steven McPhailInstitute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia.
Roy KimbleChildren's Burns and Trauma Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Anne DottaDepartment of Medical Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Zephanie TyackChildren's Burns and Trauma Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo determine the effectiveness of silicone and pressure garments (alone and in combination) in children receiving scar management post-burn.

designMulticentre, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial.

settingHospital outpatient clinics, colocated research centre, or the participant's home.

participantsChildren (0-18 years) referred for burn scar management.

interventionsParticipants were randomized to (1) topical MAIN MEASURES: Primary outcomes included scar thickness and itch intensity at the primary end-point of six months post-burn injury. The outcome assessor and data analyst were blinded for scar thickness.

resultsParticipants (

conclusionNo difference was identified in the effectiveness of silicone and pressure interventions alone. No benefit to a combined silicone and pressure intervention was identified for the prevention and management of abnormal scarring in children at six months post-burn injury, compared to the silicone or pressure interventions alone.

Indexed as

Compression BandagesAdolescentAge FactorsBurnsChildChild, PreschoolCicatrix, HypertrophicClothingFemaleHumansInfantMaleSilicone GelsTreatment OutcomeSilicone GelsburnChildrencicatrixpressure garmentscar managementsilicone

Identifiers

PMID31565952
PMCPMC6943962

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