The use of allografts in the management of exposed calvarial electrical burn wounds of the skull.
Deep burns of the scalp and skull are often caused by high voltage electrical injuries. In an early stage, protection and preservation of the skull is important. Covering the wound with a full-circulatory skin flap or a myocutaneous free flap is a reasonable selection, but is not our first choice. In our experience, preliminary use of glycerol-preserved allograft wound dressing significantly improved the development of granulation tissue to perform an autograft at a later stage. With these allografts, there is a significantly shortened healing time compared with the results found in the literature.
Groenevelt
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Red Cross Hospital, Dutch Burn Center, Beverwijk, The Netherlands.
van Trier
A J
AJ
Khouw
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D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000601:surgery*; D005990:Glycerol; D006801:Humans; D012535:Scalp / Q000293:injuries*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D012886:Skull / Q000293:injuries*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014021:Tissue Preservation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014945:Wound Healing
D005990:Glycerol