title: History and Advancement of Burn Treatments.
abstract: Advances in burn care have accelerated within the last 50 years. The principal modalities of and approaches to burn treatment include dressings, antimicrobials, fluid resuscitation, burn wound excision, skin grafting, and use of skin substitutes. This review presents a historical outline of these approaches, their current status, and prospects for the future of burn care.
authors.affiliation: From the *Joseph M. Still Burn and Reconstructive Center, Jackson, MS; and †Department of Orthopedic Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Shandong, China.
authors.forename: Hai-Fei
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lineaweaver
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy*; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000628:therapy; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009779:Occlusive Dressings; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014945:Wound Healing; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control