The pathogenesis of burn wound conversion

• Published in: Annals of plastic surgery Vol. 59; no. 1; p. 109
• Main Authors: Singh, Vijay, Devgan, Lara, Bhat, Satyanarayan, Milner, Stephen M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2007
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Bacterial Infections - drug therapy; Bandages; Burns - physiopathology; Disease Progression; Humans; Wound Healing; Wounds and Injuries

Burn wound progression is a poorly understood process by which certain superficial partial-thickness burns spontaneously advance into deep partial-thickness or full-thickness wounds. Progression of an injury into deeper tissue is an important phenomenon in the treatment of thermal injury due to the...