ReviewPlastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.)2020
Evidence and Trends in Burn Wound Debridement: An Evidence Map.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exploring evidence gaps in clinical trials in thermal burns care: an umbrella review.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- [Application effects of the hydrosurgical debridement system in eschar excision and debridement inZhonghua shao shang yu chuang mian xiu fu za zhi · 2026Article
- Bridging the Evidence-Practice Gap in Early Burn Injury Care: A Comprehensive Evidence Synthesis of Global Guidelines, Consensus, and Systematic Reviews for Resource-Limited Settings.European burn journal · 2026Review
- Targeting Immune Dysregulation After Burn Injury for Improved Healing and Outcomes.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Evidence-Based Management of Burns: A Narrative Review of Evolving Practices.European burn journal · 2025Review
- Individualized surgical treatment using decellularized fish skin transplantation after enzymatic debridement: A two years retrospective analysis.JPRAS open · 2025Article
- Bromelain in Burn Care: Advancements in Enzymatic Debridement and Patient Outcomes.European burn journal · 2024Review
- Enzymatic Debridement (Nexobrid) on Burned Hands: Retrospective Review from a Burn Referral Center in Spain.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Preservation of Eschar Prevents Excessive Wound Healing by Reducing M2 Macrophages Polarization.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Colon mucosal injury caused by water jet malfunction during a screening colonoscopy: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
- A retrospective surveillance of the prophylactic antibiotics for debridement surgery in burn patients.International journal of burns and trauma · 2021Article
- Burn Debridment - Approach and Review.Current health sciences journalReview
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Treatment of the burn wound is crucial in care of severely burned patients. Surgical strategies differ in technique and timing of wound excision and are considered to have an impact on morbidity and mortality of burn patients. Most techniques and strategies have been established during the last century and are still standard of care. Nonetheless, several newer techniques have been presented and evaluated recently. To summarize the evidence and trends for eschar removal by burn wound debridement currently available, an evidence map as variant of the systematic review, was prepared. For this purpose, a systematic literature search was performed in the PubMed databases until December 2016. While overall evidence in this domain is low, recent publications focus on optimal timing of wound excision, enzymatic debridement, and hydrosurgery. Several studies report the benefit of an early wound excision in terms of shorter hospital stay, lower wound infection rate, and reduction of postburn metabolic changes. Enzymatic debridement has been shown to be an effective tool for early eschar removal and in addition reduces the need for autografting of the debrided burn wound with a relatively high level of evidence (LoE 2-). Wound debridement by means of hydrosurgery is more precise compared to conventional wound excision and preserves viable dermis, but a positive effect on wound healing or scar formation could not been shown (LoE 2). Furthermore, rarely reported techniques comprise larvae therapy, debridement by laser, and other technical adjuncts, but the level of evidence is limited (LoE 4-/5).
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