Porcine Xenograft and Epidermal Fully Synthetic Skin Substitutes in the Treatment of Partial-Thickness Burns: A Literature Review
Haller H, Blome-Eberwein S, Branski L, Carson J, Crombie R, Hickerson W, Kamolz L, King B, Nischwitz S, Popp D, Shupp J, Wolf S. Porcine Xenograft and Epidermal Fully Synthetic Skin Substitutes in the Treatment of Partial-Thickness Burns: A Literature Review. Medicina 2021, 57: 432. PMID: 33946298, PMCID: PMC8146423, DOI: 10.3390/medicina57050432.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPorcine xenograftsPartial-thickness burnsPrimary endpointStudy's primary endpointComplete wound healingLow infection rateSynthetic skin substituteLarger TBSASkin graftsXenograft studiesPRISMA guidelinesHealing timeThickness burnsSuprathelInfection rateSystematic reviewXenograftsTreatment ratesPartial thicknessWound healingDonor siteSignificant differencesTreatmentLow necessitySkin substitutes