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ArticleEuropean burn journal2022

Pros and Cons of Early and Late Skin Grafting in Children with Burns-Evaluation of Common Concepts.

Islam Abdelrahman, Ingrid Steinvall, Folke Sjöberg, Mohamed A Ellabban, Johann Zdolsek, Moustafa Elmasry

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Article 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 1 paper.

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Islam AbdelrahmanDepartment of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden.
Ingrid SteinvallDepartment of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden.
Folke SjöbergDepartment of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden.
Mohamed A EllabbanDepartment of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-3723-4604
Johann ZdolsekDepartment of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden.
Moustafa ElmasryDepartment of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden.

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Abstract

backgroundThere is no consensus regarding the timing of surgery in children with smaller burn size, specifically in deep dermal burns. Delayed surgery has risks in terms of infection and delayed wound healing. Early surgery also risks the removal of potentially viable tissue. Our aim was to investigate the effect of the timing of surgical intervention on the size of the area operated on and the time to wound healing.

methodsA retrospective analysis for all children (<18 years) with burn size <20% body surface area (BSA%) during 2009-2020 who were operated on with a split-thickness skin graft. The patients were grouped by the timing of the first skin graft operation: early = operated on within 14 days of injury; delayed = operated on more than two weeks after injury.

resultsA total of 84 patients were included in the study, 43 who had an early operation and 41 who had a delayed operation. There were no differences between the groups regarding burn size, or whether the burns were superficial or deep. The mean duration of healing time was seven days longer in the group with delayed operation (

conclusionThe patients who were operated on early had the advantage of a shorter healing time, but there was a higher rate of complementary operations and a tendency towards a larger burn excision.

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burnsburn surgerychildrenhealing timeskin graft

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PMCPMC11575360

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