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Factors which predict the utilisation of plastic dressing clinics in paediatric burns
5 October 2015
| Zeeshan Sheikh
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PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
This paper seeks to identify which factors impact on the re-attendance rates at a paediatric outpatient service following a burn. A retrospective review of patients admitted to a single paediatric burns unit (Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh) over a...
Rectal ketamine during paediatric burn wound dressing procedures
30 September 2019
| Katie R Hilder
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PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Ketamine is well reported as being safe to use in providing analgesia, sedation and amnesia in paediatric populations. This prospective, randomised, double-blinded study aimed to establish an optimum dose of ketamine in burns treatment settings in children aged six months...
A practical guide to the most commonly used dressings in wound care
1 October 2018
| Sotirios Foutsizoglou
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PMFA - CPD, PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Breast Surgery, PMFA - Dentistry, PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Hand & Wrist Surgery, PMFA - Imaging, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery, PMFA - Oculoplastic, PMFA - Rhinoplasty
The author explores and reviews the most popular classes of dressings used for acute, chronic and problem wounds, their properties and indications based on direct observation and research studies. With an ever-increasing armamentarium of wound care tools, different brands and...
Comparison of petrolatum gel with silver sulfadiazine dressings in small superficial burns
12 February 2015
| Hilal I Bahia
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PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
This was a randomised controlled trial set up in a single burns centre in Manila in the Philippines. Inclusion criteria were superficial burns not requiring skin grafting, and up to 10% total body surface area in young, fit adults between...
Wound moisture sensing in traumatic wounds
1 June 2015
| Steven LA Jeffery (Prof)
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PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Wounds can be small and unpleasant, or may be large and life-threatening. The skin is a physical and an immunological barrier to infection, and any defect in the integrity of the skin may allow bacterial or fungal invasion to occur....
A systematic review of silver sulphadiazine in the conservative management of burns
28 April 2017
| Lewis Dingle
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PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Silver sulphadiazine (SSD) has been used in conservative management of partial thickness burns (PTB), for over 50 years. Concerns have been raised over potential disadvantages of SSD including need for daily dressing changes, impairment of wound healing and expense. The...
Topical phenytoin effect on pressure ulcers healing: A literature review of the evidence
1 December 2018
| Diaa Othman
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PMFA - General
A pressure ulcer (PU) is a localised injury to the skin and / or underlying tissue usually over a bony prominence, because of pressure, or pressure in combination with shear (EPUAP/ NPUAP 2009/PPPPIA 2014). Bennett et al. [1] claimed total...
How I Do It - Non-surgical skin cancer treatment: topical photodynamic therapy
The incidence of skin cancer is rising exponentially in the UK; in particular non-melanoma skin cancer, yet the current statistical data surrounding exact figures is thought to be underestimated. Topical photodynamic therapy (PDT) provides a non-invasive, safe and efficacious modality...How I Do It - NSR with dermal fillers
1 February 2022
| Rasheed Mosaheb
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PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Rhinoplasty, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery
Year on year non-surgical rhinoplasty (NSR) has become increasingly popular and after first learning the technique with a needle, I was taught the cannula technique. Currently, I practise both techniques regularly and often use threads on bulky noses. Indications The...
Controlling intraoperative haemorrhage during burn surgery
5 June 2017
| Marc-James Hallam
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PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
This study aims to compare the efficacy of NuStat, a new haemostatic agent based on bamboo cellulose that proposes to activate the clotting cascade, against more traditional methods of haemostasis during burn surgery. The authors argue the requirement for further...
Nanocrystalline silver compared to alternative silver delivery systems in the management of burns
1 December 2017
| Kuen Y Chin
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PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
With the rapid pace of new medical products being developed and marketed, it can be difficult to identify which product will provide most benefit to our patients. It is essential to have good evidence to allow us to make the...
