title: Surgical advances in burn and reconstructive plastic surgery: new and emerging technologies.
abstract: This article introduces and discusses several biophysical and cellular modalities that are being tested or used in clinical practice to optimize wound bed preparation, effect soft tissue coverage, and improve the quality of the inevitable and resultant scar. Among these promising technologies is the use of electrical stimulation to mimic a physiologic current of injury in an effort to accelerate re-epithelialization and the wound healing process. Over the past several years an on-site individualized regenerative medicine kit has become commercially available (ReCell, Avita Medical), utilizing well-established laboratory techniques of cell separation without the need for cell cultivation in an effort to expand and promote wound coverage and end result.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California San Diego Medical Center, 200 West, Arbor Drive, #8890, San Diego, CA 92103, USA. m.tenenhaus@sbcglobal.net
authors.forename: Mayer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tenenhaus
authors.forename: Hans-Oliver
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Rennekampff
mesh_terms: D001452:Balneology; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002465:Cell Movement; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery; D003094:Collagen / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D019220:High-Energy Shock Waves; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008833:Microcirculation; D062326:Re-Epithelialization; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000639:trends*; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000639:trends; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D003094:Collagen