A new type of wound dressing might change burn care for the better with one amazing property: dissolvability. Surgically debriding burn wounds can be tedious for doctors and excruciating for patients.

Credit: Avita Medical. The pediatric approval was based on data from the RECELL Compassionate Use (IDE 15945) and Continued Access (IDE 13053) studies. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ...

A newly approved medicinal cream made from pineapples could be a "game-changer" for burn patients, doctors say. At Stony Brook Medicine’s burn center in New York, doctors recently started using ...

Not all wounds require surgery. The size and depth of the patient’s wound will determine if they need surgery and which surgery is most appropriate. The majority of burn surgery procedures are skin ...

Silvadene (silver sulfadiazine) cream is primarily used to prevent and treat infections in second- and third-degree burn wounds. It kills a wide range of bacteria and yeast that can cause sepsis. It ...

Researchers create a biomimetic model to study wound healing in burn and laceration wounds. The team designed an in vitro model system made of fibroblasts embedded in a collagen hydrogel. Wounds were ...

FORT DETRICK, Md. — A major source of combat-related trauma during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan was improvised explosive devices. Thousands of U.S. service members were injured by IEDs, ...

Using natural remedies such as medical-grade for minor burns, cuts, rashes, and bug bites is a common practice that’s been around for centuries. When a burn is minor or classified as first degree, the ...