Background: During burn excision, the clinical judgment whether to excise or not excise the area with indeterminate burn depth is difficult. Indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) has been reported to provide high accuracy in diagnosing indeterminate burns. This study aims to evaluate the complete wound closures in both short-term and long-term outcomes after using ICGA precise marking to guide indeterminate burn excision.
Methods: This was a prospective, multi-centered, double-blinded, experimental study. The participants were admitted to the hospital with indeterminate burn wounds. ICGA precise marking was performed. The deep second-degree burn was painted, excised, and subsequently covered with skin grafts and measured on day 5. The superficial burns were measured on day 21. All wounds were followed-up at two months.
Results: Thirty indeterminate burn sites were included in this study. Using ICGA precise marking, the overall rate of short-term complete wound closure, which combined superficial and deep burns, was found to be as high as 96.7% (29/30). The long-term complete wound closures at two months confirmed the short-term result and yielded 100.0% of complete wound closure. The complete wound closures between the short-term and long-term measurements were not significantly different ( > 0.999).
Conclusions: Using ICGA precise marking to guide indeterminate burn excision resulted in an excellent rate of complete wound closure and an insignificant difference between short-term and long-term wound outcomes. ICGA is a competent method to aid decision-making in burn surgery of the indeterminate area.
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