THE TEMPORARY SECOND SKIN

 

CASE STUDIES

Scald

Patient: Male, 5 years
Etiology: Scald injury, left hand
Burn depth: Mixed partial-thickness burns (2a) with focal deep areas (2b)
Source: Dr. med. Christian Uhlig, Burn Center Marienhospital Stuttgart, Germany

Day of trauma, before debridement

Day 3, application of SUPRATHEL®

Day 12, after trauma

Día 12 después de trauma

Day 12, after trauma

Re-harvesting at donor site

Patient: Male, 13 years
Note: Only donor site available was on upper part of scalp
Degree: Mixed severe burns, 95% TBSA
Source: Dr. Berg, Department of Surgery, Kuopio University Central Hospital, Kuopio, Finland; presented in 2012 at the annual meeting DAV/Austria

3 times post-recropping

5 times post-recropping

11 times post-recropping

12 times post-recropping

Mixed burns (2a/2b)

Patient: Male, 38 years
Etiology: Large scale burns, upper body
Degree: 95% TBSA, ABSI 13, mainly superficial partial thickness/deep partial thickness
Source: Dr. med. Christian Uhlig, Burn Center Marienhospital Stuttgart, Germany

Day 2, debridement

Day 2, debridement

Day 2, application of SUPRATHEL®

Day 7, SUPRATHEL® in situ

Week 4, after trauma

Year 2.5, after trauma

Wounds caused by TEN

Patient: Female, 48 years
Etiology: TEN (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, Lyell’s Syndrome)
Degree: Epidermal/dermal lesions consistent with grade 2a, 80% TBSA
Source: Dr. med. Christian Uhlig, Burn Center Marienhospital Stuttgart, Germany

Day of OP, after debridement

Day of OP, after debridement

Day 6, after application

Day 6, after application

Week 4, nearly complete epithelization

Week 4, nearly complete epithelization

Electric burn

Patient: Male, 59 years
Etiology: Electrical burn injuries to both hands
Degree: Mainly superficial partial thickness/deep partial thickness
Source: Dr. med. Christian Uhlig, Burn Center Marienhospital Stuttgart, Germany

Day 1, debridement

Day 6, SUPRATHEL® in situ

Day 21

Month 8, nearly complete epithelization, minimal scar contracture