Dr Devlin Elliott1 1Greenslopes Plastics Department, Greenslopes, Brisbane, Australia Abstract: Introduction:There are a variety of products on the market that can be used for donor site dressing. Mextra Superabsorbent is a dressing with high retention and absorption capacity that reduces...
- 26 June 2018
Dr Devlin Elliott1 1Greenslopes Plastics Department, Greenslopes , Brisbane, Australia Abstract: Introduction:Skin graft donor site scarring can be problematic in selective patients. Donor sites require optimum conditions free from excessive exudate and infection to maximize healing potential and final cosmesis....
- 26 June 2018
Dr Devlin Elliott1 1Greenslopes Plastics Department, Greenslopes, Brisbane, Australia Abstract: Introduction:Full thickness burns on the hand require debridement and skin grafting. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) can be used to help with graft stability and take with a variety of...
- 26 June 2018
HP Chong1, E Gibson1, L Quinn1, R Cooksey1,D Molony1,A Jeeves1, M Lodge1,B Carney1 1Women’s And Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, Australia Abstract: Introduction: Neonatal burns are rare and challenging. Thermal injuries in neonates are iatrogenic in nature and can have devastating results...
- 26 June 2018
HP Chong1, E Gibson1, L Quinn1, R Cooksey1,D Molony1,A Jeeves1, M Lodge1,B Carney1 1Women’s And Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, Australia Abstract: Scald burns injuries are the most common cause of thermal injuries in children under 4 years of age. We discuss...
- 26 June 2018
Mrs Miriam Voortman1, Mrs Gulsen Ellul1, Ms Heather Cleland1, Ms Amanda Richards2 1Victorian Adult Burns Service, Melbourne, Australia, 2Epworth Healthcare, East Melbourne, Australia Abstract: Long term outcome post inhalation injury to the upper airway is not well reported in the...
- 26 June 2018
Dr Steven Cook1, Dr Bernard Carney1 1Women’s And Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, Norwood, Australia Abstract: 75 years ago on the 28th of November 1942, the incredibly popular Coconut Grove nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts was transformed into an uncontrolled inferno. In what...
- 26 June 2018
Aditya Wardhana1,2, Lara Aristya2, Claudio Agustino2, Radhianie Djan1, Zainul Halim1 1 Burn Unit, Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital, Jalan Pangeran Diponegoro No. 71, Jakarta, 10430 2 Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jalan Salemba Raya No. 6, Jakarta, 10430 Abstract: Background:...
- 26 June 2018
Mrs Herni Lutfiah Hussein1, Mrs Nurazlin Azman1, Ms Joanne Jovina SH Cheng1 1Kk Women’s And Children’s Hospital, Sengkang, Singapore Abstract: Background:KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital is the referring paediatric hospital in Singapore for a wide variation of burns. The Department...
- 26 June 2018
Mrs Nurazlin Mohd Azman1, Mrs Herni Lutfiah Hussein1, Mrs Joanne Jovina SH Cheng1 1Kk Women’s And Children’s Hospital, Singapore, Singapore Abstract: Background:KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital is the referring paediatric hospital in Singapore for a wide variation of paediatric burns....
- 26 June 2018