Burn injuries are under-appreciated injuries that are associated with substantial morbidity
and mortality. Burn injuries, particularly severe burns, are accompanied by an immune and …

Improvements in acute burn care have enabled patients to survive massive burns that would
have once been fatal. Now up to 70% of patients develop hypertrophic scars after burns. The …

Objectives Measurement of health-related quality of life (HRQL) is essential to qualify the
subjective burden of burns in survivors. We performed a systematic review of HRQL studies …

Background In this study, we investigated the effect of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1)
on wound healing on skin in a model produced in rats. Methods Sixteen Sprague–Dawley …

Background The efficacy of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in the acute
management of burns remains unclear. The purpose of this trial was to compare standard …

The initial assessment of the depth of a burn injury during triage forms the basis for
determination of the course of the clinical treatment plan. However, severe skin burns are …

Healing after dermal injury is a complex but imperfect process that results in a wide range of
visible scars. The degree of disfigurement is not the sole determinant of a scar's effect on …

Scar formation is an important adverse consequence of burns. How patients appraise their
scar quality is often studied shortly after sustaining the injury, but information in the long …

Background: Each year, millions of individuals develop scars secondary to surgery, trauma,
and/or burns. Scar-specific patient-reported outcome measures to evaluate outcomes are …

Purpose The aim of this study was to understand the impact of burn scars on health-related
quality of life (HRQOL) from the perspective of adults and children with burn scars, and …