Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Xu, Qinglian
• Cai, Chen
• Yu, Youxin
• Tang, Yizhong
• Hu, Delin
• Liu, Sheng
• Qi, Weiwei
• Shi, Jie

Titel

Meek technique skin graft for treating exceptionally large area burns

Ist Teil von

• Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi, 2010-06, Vol.24 (6), p.650

Ort / Verlag

China

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To investigate the clinical effect of Meek technique skin graft in treating exceptionally large area burns. The clinical data were retrospectively analysed from 10 cases of exceptionally large area burns treated with Meek technique skin graft from April 2009 to February 2010 (Meek group), and were compared with those from 10 cases of exceptionally large area burns treated with the particle skin with large sheet of skin allograft transplantation from January 2002 to December 2006 (particle skin group). In Meek group, there were 8 males and 2 females with an average age of 34.5 years (range, 5-55 years), including 6 cases of flame burns, 2 cases of hot liquid burns, 1 case of electrical burn, and 1 case of high-temperature dust burn. The burn area was 82.6% +/- 3.1% of total body surface area (TBSA). The most were deep II degree to III degree burns. The time from burn to hospitalization was (3.5 +/- 1.3) hours. In particle skin group, there were 8 males and 2 females with an average age of 36.8 years (range, 18