Polski przeglad chirurgiczny
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The skin is the largest organ of the human body consisting of several layers possessing different properties and performing different physiological functions. The loss of skin integrity caused by a trauma or disease may provoke acute physiological and immune disorders that may even be fatal. The following properties are primarily taken into account when choosing the appropriate burn wound dressing: support of the epithelialisation process, pain and patient discomfort reduction, and treatment costs. THE AIM OF THE STUDY was to assess the usefulness of Suprathel in the treatment of partial-thickness burns and frostbites and Lyell's syndrome and to determine the preferable time of Suprathel application to the wound. ⋯ Suprathel is a good dressing that can perform the function of a temporary epidermal substitute in partial-thickness burns and frostbites and in Lyell's syndrome. The dressing should be applied within 24 hours of injury, when there is the least exudate from the wound and the wound is not infected. Therapeutic effectiveness of Suprathel decreases along with a delay of its application to the burn wound and with increasing burn depth.