Burns
Conditions
Brief summary
A prospective study comparing the use of mini-autogenous skin grafts and skin homograft versus autogenous skin grafts for covering post burn wounds in children.
Detailed description
A prospective study comparing the use of mini-autogenous skin grafts and skin homograft versus autogenous skin grafts for covering post burn wounds in children so that the patient can continue on his/her normal life early with less deformities
Interventions
PROCEDUREMini autogenous skin graft
mini-autogenous skin grafts and skin homograft versus autogenous skin grafts for covering post burn wounds in children.
Sponsors
Assiut University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
3 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* This study will include children (3-12) years old with (10-30) % body surface area burns, admitted to Assuit university hospital burn unit. * The raw areas in both upper and lower limbs will be the site of the study.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients younger than 3 years old. * Patients with burns more than 30% of total body surface area. * Patients with medical or mental diseases.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The major outcome is to specify if the regular single piece autogenous skin graft is better than the new technique that uses small pieces mini autogenous skin grafts for treatment of post burn wounds in children. or vice versa? | 2 years | the spread of the small pieced autogenous skin grafts that are covered with homogenous skin graft over post burn wounds in children may give better results than the regular single pieced autogenous skin graft |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed