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ArticleEuropean burn journal2025

Can Pure Silk Compete with the Established Mepilex Ag

Jan Akkan, Mahsa Bagheri, Sophia Mezger, Paul Christian Fuchs, Maria von Kohout, Wolfram Heitzmann, Rolf Lefering, Jennifer Lynn Schiefer

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Article in European burn journal, 2025. 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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jan AkkanDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, Hospital Cologne Merheim, University of Witten-Herdecke, 51109 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0009-0006-9040-3744
Mahsa BagheriDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, Hospital Cologne Merheim, University of Witten-Herdecke, 51109 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0399-7614
Sophia MezgerDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, Hospital Cologne Merheim, University of Witten-Herdecke, 51109 Cologne, Germany.
Paul Christian FuchsDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, Hospital Cologne Merheim, University of Witten-Herdecke, 51109 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6399-9956
Maria von KohoutDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, Hospital Cologne Merheim, University of Witten-Herdecke, 51109 Cologne, Germany.
Wolfram HeitzmannDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, Hospital Cologne Merheim, University of Witten-Herdecke, 51109 Cologne, Germany.
Rolf LeferingInstitute for Research in Operative Medicine, Hospital Cologne Merheim, University of Witten-Herdecke, 51109 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0141-1747
Jennifer Lynn SchieferDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, Hospital Cologne Merheim, University of Witten-Herdecke, 51109 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3959-9394

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSuperficial partial thickness burns generally do not require surgical intervention and are managed with specialized wound dressings. Mepilex Ag

methodsA prospective, single-center intraindividual study was conducted on adult patients with superficial partial thickness burns. Each burn wound was divided, treating one half with pure silk and the other with Mepilex Ag

resultsTwenty-four patients were included (mean TBSA: 5.8%). Mepilex Ag

conclusionBoth dressings proved to be effective treatment options. Pure silk required fewer resources, showed high clinical practicality, and demonstrated a similar performance to Mepilex Ag

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burnsMepilex Ag®pure silksuperficial partial thicknesswound dressings

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PMID40700336
PMCPMC12286067

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