Annales de chirurgie plastique et esthétique
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Ann Chir Plast Esthet · Apr 2015
[The role of skin substitutes in the surgical treatment of extensive burns covering more than 60 % of total body surface area. A review of patients over a 10-year period at the Tours University Hospital].
Progress in intensive care and surgery has made it possible to significantly improve the survival of victims with burns over 60% of total body surface area (TBSA). Coverage of the excised areas of these patients can be difficult when there is a shortage of skin donor sites; then the role of skin substitutes can be important. ⋯ By temporarily replacing the cutaneous barrier in the absence of sufficient donor sites, skin substitutes make it possible to increase the survival of patients with very extensive burns and to optimize their treatment.