[Improvement in burn wound care: summary of the AWMF guideline for the treatment of thermal injuries in adults].

Introduction: More than half a million patients suffer from minor burns in Germany per year. In 2018, almost 2000 patients needed intensive care for their burn injuries. Despite high standards of burn care, mortality remains high.

The MEEK technique: 10-year experience at a tertiary burn centre.

Extensive full-thickness burns pose a great challenge to the burn surgeon. Lack of autograft donor sites is an important limiting factor to achieving wound closure. To overcome this problem, various methods of treatment have been suggested in the past, including the MEEK technique.