title: Extraordinary severe burn cases treated with integrated Chinese traditional and Western medicine.
abstract: The treatment of two cases of extensive 3rd degree burn by means of integrated Chinese traditional and Western medicine is reported. The main factors of success are: the shock stage was tided over uneventfully; active measures were taken to build up the patients' vital energy; operative excision and spontaneous separation of eschar were combined; both auto- and homo-grafts were used to cover the wound surface to facilitate elimination of the wound; infections were tackled with the administration of Chinese herb drugs. In operations of severe burn cases, acupuncture anesthesia has also shown its superiority.
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D000758:Anesthesia; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents