Cutaneous Wound Healing

Overall, burns are smaller than 20 years ago, but even small burns can leave patients with debilitating scars. The management of the burn wound and resultant scarring requires the integration of multiple disciplines. Despite our best efforts, the evaluation and treatment of burn wounds and burn scars has not been completely elucidated. The purpose of this work is to describe the state of knowledge regarding wound healing, both what is known and what is not known, and to recap the priorities set by the breakout sessions of the Burn State of the Science: Research meeting. Wound challenges in 2007 include wound coverage for patients with extensive full-thickness burns, management of donor sites and partial-thickness burns, and reduction of longterm morbidity from burn scars.

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