• Burns · Feb 2024

    Manufacture and use of transparent facial orthotic masks for treating facial burn scars: A systematic review.

    • Vincent Dinot, Clémence Deffinis, Christophe Goetz, and Magali Olive.
    • Clinical Research Support Unit, Metz-Thionville Regional Hospital, Mercy Hospital, 1 allée du château, 57085 Metz, France; Division of Rehabilitation, Metz-Thionville Regional Hospital, Felix Marechal Hospital, 1 Rue Xavier Roussel, 57000 Metz, France. Electronic address: vincent.dinot@chr-metz-thionville.fr.
    • Burns. 2024 Feb 1; 50 (1): 132213-22.

    BackgroundCustom-made transparent facial orthoses (TFOs) (face masks) are used to improve facial burn scars. We conducted a systematic literature review on TFO manufacture and use.MethodsPubmed and Cochrane databases were searched without restrictions for relevant articles. TFO manufacture details and use according to international recommendations (20-32 mmHg pressure, TFO worn 20-23 h/day for ≥2 months) were extracted.ResultsOf 279 retrieved articles, 11 published over the last 41 years (four in the last 5 years) discussed TFO manufacture/use. There were five technical notes, five case reports, and a patient-cohort study (total patients in the studies=21). TFO-manufacture methods could be categorized as classical, digital, or mixed classical-digital. Relative clinical efficacies and cost advantages were unclear. The plastics used, harness materials, harness-point number, and silicone-interface use differed from study to study. Target pressure, actual pressure, expected daily wearing time, and treatment duration ranged widely and often did not meet current guidelines. Actual wearing time and treatment duration were never measured.ConclusionsAlthough TFOs play an important global role in burn care, there is a grave paucity of research. Further research is needed to promote the standardization of TFO-related practices and thereby improve the outcomes of facial-burn patients.Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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