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ReviewEuropean burn journal2022

"Out of Touch"-Recovering Sensibility after Burn Injury: A Review of the Literature.

Savas Tsolakidis, Ziyad Alharbi, Hans Oliver Rennekampff, Markus Robert Schmidhammer, Robert Schmidhammer, Rudolf Rosenauer

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Review in European burn journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Isotonic medium treatment limits burn wound microbial colonisation and improves tissue repair.Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Savas TsolakidisAustrian Cluster of Tissue Regeneration, Research Centre for Traumatology of the Austrian Workers Compensation Board (AUVA), Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Donaueschingenstraße 13, 1200 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-3016-1580
Ziyad AlharbiPlastic Surgery and Burn Unit, Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, Jeddah 23323, Saudi Arabia.
Hans Oliver RennekampffKlinik für Plastische Chirurgie, Hand-und Verbrennungschirurgie, Rhein Maas Klinikum, Mauerfeldchen 25, 52146 Wuerselen, Germany.
Markus Robert SchmidhammerKlinik für Neurochirurgie, Universitaetsklinikum Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 21, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
Robert SchmidhammerAustrian Cluster of Tissue Regeneration, Research Centre for Traumatology of the Austrian Workers Compensation Board (AUVA), Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Donaueschingenstraße 13, 1200 Vienna, Austria.
Rudolf RosenauerAustrian Cluster of Tissue Regeneration, Research Centre for Traumatology of the Austrian Workers Compensation Board (AUVA), Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Donaueschingenstraße 13, 1200 Vienna, Austria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFull-thickness burn injuries (FTBI) not only lead to a significant burden in multiple ways, including social life and self-esteem, but have also a tremendous impact on environmental interaction by reducing sensibility in manifold ways. On these grounds, possible ways and solutions to recover sensibility in burn wounds are essentials and should not be overlooked.

methodsA review of experimental, clinical studies and the related literature was performed with the aim to highlight post-burn nerve regeneration and discover ways for sensory re-integration to complement the therapeutic concept.

resultsIn human burn injuries, it has been hypothesized that grafted cells, partly multipotent stem cells, could be additionally responsible for nerve regeneration in burn wound areas. In addition, burn eschar excision, performed within a short post-burn time frame, can reduce or even avoid long-term nerve damage by reducing post-burn toxic mediator release. Various animal studies could demonstrate sensory reinnervation of different qualities in burn wounds. Post-burn scar tissue prevents, or at least decelerates, nerve reinnervation, but could be reduced by targeted mediators.

conclusionSensory loss is present in skin grafted areas following full-thickness burn-wound excision, thereby leading to a reduction in quality of life. In addition, various mediators might reduce or avoid nerve damage and should be considered at an early stage as part of a holistic burn-patient therapeutic approach. In addition, supportive multifaceted physical therapy strategies are essential.

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burn injurycutaneous sensibilityfull-thickness burn injurynerve injurynerve regenerationsensory regenerationskin grafting

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PMID39600007
PMCPMC11575383

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