The depth of a burn wound and/or its healing potential are the most important determinants
of the therapeutic management and of the residual morbidity or scarring. Traditionally, burn …

Optimal treatment of burn victims requires deep understanding of the profound
pathophysiological changes occurring locally and systemically after injury. Accurate …

Background Weight-bearing exercise has been contraindicated among people with diabetic
peripheral neuropathy (DM+ PN). However, recent cohort studies have suggested that daily …

Objective: Burn wound depth is a significant determinant of patient treatment and morbidity.
While superficial partial-thickness burns generally heal by re-epithelialization with minimal …

Background Telemedicine is increasingly applied in developed settings to facilitate transfer
of information to and from burn surgeons across vast geographic areas. WhatsApp is a …

The assessment of burn depth, and as such, the estimation of whether a burn wound is
expected to heal on its own within 21 days, is one of the most important roles of the burn …

BACKGROUND: Telemedicine is a rapidly expanding technology involving the exchange of
medical information to assist diagnosis and treatment at a distance. Within the field of plastic …

Significance: Burn assessments, including extent and severity, are some of the most critical
diagnoses in burn care, and many recently developed imaging techniques may have the …

Visual images can enhance communication over a distance. In the UK, plastic surgery
provides services over large distances by a 'hub and spoke'model. Telemedicine could help …

A comprehensive systematic review of telemedicine in burn care was carried out. Studies
published between 1993 and 2010 were included. The main outcome measures were the …