In response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Shanghai Burn Clinical Quality Control Center organized experts to formulate and implement a set of rapid, simple, and effective prevention and control measures, and there have not been any cases of health care professionals or inpatients in burn units suspected or confirmed with COVID-19. This article elaborates on the specific measures in burn units in response to the epidemic, including the implementation of standardized procedures, remote consultations, strengthened follow-up, exchange of experience, and popular science, among others. We share experience from Shanghai to benefit related disciplines in other countries and regions.
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BMJ Open
January 2025
Department of Plastic and Burn Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Objective: This study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the characteristics and outcomes of patients with burns in a burn centre situated in Northwest China.
Design: A retrospective descriptive study.
Setting: This study was conducted in Tangdu Hospital, a major regional burn centre in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province of China.
Aesthetic Plast Surg
January 2025
Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Hainan Hospital of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Sanya, China.
Background: Facial trauma repair requires precise reconstruction while preserving aesthetic units. Traditional local anesthesia can distort tissue planes and compromise surgical precision.
Methods: This prospective study evaluated landmark-based nerve blocks versus local infiltration for complex facial laceration repair in emergency settings from January 2022 through February 2023.
Int Wound J
January 2025
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
We aimed to compare the scar quality and recovery rate of joint activity for patients with joint-involved burn injuries receiving either artificial dermis (AD) with split-thickness skin graft (STSG) or full-thickness skin graft (FTSG) for reconstruction. The primary outcomes were %skin graft (SG) take. Secondary outcomes included complications such as the infection rate and donor site morbidity, 12-month scar quality evaluated using the Vancouver scar scale (VSS), recovery rate of joint activity and incidence of scar contracture requiring further revision.
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January 2025
Euclid University, Department of Global Health & Bioethics, Banjul, C74F+J4Q, Sukuta, Gambia.
Background: Noma is a severe orofacial disease with high mortality and morbidity. Although severity scales exist, they fail to fully capture the extent of damage caused by the disease.
Methods: This study analysed 404 photos of 260 noma cases from Facing Africa (n=228) and Project Harar (n=32) to create a new severity classification system.
Eur J Pediatr
January 2025
Alliance of Dutch Burn Care, Burn Center, Red Cross Hospital, PO Box 1074, 1940 EB, Beverwijk, the Netherlands.
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