Characteristics, treatments and outcomes in patients with severe burn wounds; a 10 year cohort study on acute and reconstructive treatment.
Reports on treatment characteristics and long term outcomes for severe burns are scarce, while the need to compare outcomes of novel treatment modalities to standard of care is increasing. Our national database on burn treatment enabled analysis of patient as well as treatment characteristics during...
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| author | Lucindi Smit Anouk Pijpe Cindy Nguyen Tara Hartsuiker Matthea Stoop Anouk van Heel Eelke Bosma Cornelis H van der Vlies Paul P M van Zuijlen Margriet E van Baar Esther Middelkoop Dutch Burn Repository group |
| author_facet | Lucindi Smit Anouk Pijpe Cindy Nguyen Tara Hartsuiker Matthea Stoop Anouk van Heel Eelke Bosma Cornelis H van der Vlies Paul P M van Zuijlen Margriet E van Baar Esther Middelkoop Dutch Burn Repository group |
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| description | Reports on treatment characteristics and long term outcomes for severe burns are scarce, while the need to compare outcomes of novel treatment modalities to standard of care is increasing. Our national database on burn treatment enabled analysis of patient as well as treatment characteristics during acute treatment and following reconstructive procedures. Furthermore, outcome data of longitudinal scar assessments were analysed from a single burn centre database. Acute and reconstructive data were analysed for patients admitted to the three Dutch burn centres with total body surface area burned of ≥ 20% TBSA. Long term outcome was analysed from a single centre scar database, both for a period of 2009-2019. Treatment characteristics from 396 surviving acute burn patients were analysed. Surgical treatment was required in 89.6% of these patients and 110 patients (27.8%) needed reconstructive surgery in the years after the burn incident, with a mean of 4.4 reconstructive procedures per patient. Main indications were contractures (70.5%) and arms (45.0%) and head and neck region (41.2%) were most frequently affected. Techniques used for reconstructive corrections were predominantly excision, release and flaps (54.7%), followed by skin transplants (32.4%). Scar quality was significantly worse in patients with more severe burns compared to those with TBSA < 20% during prolonged times. These data provide insight into health care utilization, treatment characteristics and outcomes in severely burned patients. These real-world data can guide future development of improved treatment strategies for at risk patients as well as anatomical locations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f35d2a25192648f3ad37209b8cfb3bf92024-11-25T05:31:14ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-011911e031328710.1371/journal.pone.0313287Characteristics, treatments and outcomes in patients with severe burn wounds; a 10 year cohort study on acute and reconstructive treatment.Lucindi SmitAnouk PijpeCindy NguyenTara HartsuikerMatthea StoopAnouk van HeelEelke BosmaCornelis H van der VliesPaul P M van ZuijlenMargriet E van BaarEsther MiddelkoopDutch Burn Repository groupReports on treatment characteristics and long term outcomes for severe burns are scarce, while the need to compare outcomes of novel treatment modalities to standard of care is increasing. Our national database on burn treatment enabled analysis of patient as well as treatment characteristics during acute treatment and following reconstructive procedures. Furthermore, outcome data of longitudinal scar assessments were analysed from a single burn centre database. Acute and reconstructive data were analysed for patients admitted to the three Dutch burn centres with total body surface area burned of ≥ 20% TBSA. Long term outcome was analysed from a single centre scar database, both for a period of 2009-2019. Treatment characteristics from 396 surviving acute burn patients were analysed. Surgical treatment was required in 89.6% of these patients and 110 patients (27.8%) needed reconstructive surgery in the years after the burn incident, with a mean of 4.4 reconstructive procedures per patient. Main indications were contractures (70.5%) and arms (45.0%) and head and neck region (41.2%) were most frequently affected. Techniques used for reconstructive corrections were predominantly excision, release and flaps (54.7%), followed by skin transplants (32.4%). Scar quality was significantly worse in patients with more severe burns compared to those with TBSA < 20% during prolonged times. These data provide insight into health care utilization, treatment characteristics and outcomes in severely burned patients. These real-world data can guide future development of improved treatment strategies for at risk patients as well as anatomical locations.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313287 |
| spellingShingle | Lucindi Smit Anouk Pijpe Cindy Nguyen Tara Hartsuiker Matthea Stoop Anouk van Heel Eelke Bosma Cornelis H van der Vlies Paul P M van Zuijlen Margriet E van Baar Esther Middelkoop Dutch Burn Repository group Characteristics, treatments and outcomes in patients with severe burn wounds; a 10 year cohort study on acute and reconstructive treatment. PLoS ONE |
| title | Characteristics, treatments and outcomes in patients with severe burn wounds; a 10 year cohort study on acute and reconstructive treatment. |
| title_full | Characteristics, treatments and outcomes in patients with severe burn wounds; a 10 year cohort study on acute and reconstructive treatment. |
| title_fullStr | Characteristics, treatments and outcomes in patients with severe burn wounds; a 10 year cohort study on acute and reconstructive treatment. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics, treatments and outcomes in patients with severe burn wounds; a 10 year cohort study on acute and reconstructive treatment. |
| title_short | Characteristics, treatments and outcomes in patients with severe burn wounds; a 10 year cohort study on acute and reconstructive treatment. |
| title_sort | characteristics treatments and outcomes in patients with severe burn wounds a 10 year cohort study on acute and reconstructive treatment |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313287 |
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