[Use of a neutral paraffin dressing (Jelonet) at the Burn Care Center at the Saint Luc Hospital in Lyon].

Several thousand dressings are performed each year to treat the patients admitted to the St Luc Hospital Burn Care Unit. The use of paraffin gauze dressing (Jelonet) allowed standardization and rationalization of the four different types of dressings used in burns. Positive features of this product include ease of use, good tolerance, and low cost.

[Clinical application of grafts of cultured epidermis in burn patients. Apropos of 16 patients].

The authors report a series of 16 patients with extensive burns partially treated by epidermal culture between May 1985 and July 1988. This series consisted of 9 males and 7 females between the ages of 6 and 88 years (mean age: 34 years). The mean surface area of the burns was 66% (range: 30% to 92%).

The grafting of burns with cultured epidermis as autografts in man. Two case reports.

In two patients full-thickness burns were grafted with cultured autologous epidermis obtained using the technique described by H. Green. The grafts only took partially but produced satisfactory covering.