• Mehmet Demircan, Kubilay Gürünlüoğlu, Harika Gözde Gözükara Bağ, Alper Koçbıyık, Mehmet Gül, Nuray Üremiş, Semir Gül, Semra Gürünlüoğlu, Yusuf Türköz, and Aytaç Taşçı.
• Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Intensive Burn Care Unit, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya-Turkey.
• Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2021 Jan 1; 27 (1): 122-131.

BackgroundWe aimed to evaluate the effects of two different burn dressings, hydrofiber with a silver (HFAg) and polylactic membrane (PLM), on altering the levels of important biomarkers Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), Transforming growth factor-β3 (TGF-β3) in blood and burnt tissue in children with second-degree burns.MethodsChildren between the ages of one to 16 years, with 25-50% second-degree partial-thickness burns of the total body surface area were included in this study. Patients in the PLM group were dressed with PLM in a typical way according to the manual. The HFAg group was dressed with HFAg and a sterile cover. During and at the end of the 21-day treatment, blood and skin tissue samples were taken from the two burn and control groups. IL-6, TNF-α, and TGF-β β3 levels were evaluated in blood and tissue samples from all groups, and the results were analyzed statistically.ResultsIn the PLM group, IL-6 and TNF-α levels decreased early days in both serum and tissue samples to reach normal ranges compared with the HFAg group. In the PLM group, TGF-β3 levels were elevated than in other groups for two weeks.ConclusionIn this study, we found that PLM controls inflammation earlier in both systemic and burn tissue. We also found that PLM increased the level of TGF-β3, which may be associated with the prevention of the development of hypertrophic scar in the burn wound, in the blood and burn tissue during this study.

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