Burns, Infections and Wound Management

This book presents a comprehensive overview of recent clinical techniques and findings regarding wounds in burns, infections of wounds, and wound management in general. With the help of numerous high-quality illustrations, the first part of the book describes various approaches to treating patients with burn wounds. In turn, the second part focuses on infections of wounds. Here, the chapter authors summarize the most recent treatment options for wound infection in both children and adults. The third and last part addresses wound management in general, rounding out the content. Given the breadth of its coverage, the book offers a valuable resource for beginners and experienced plastic surgeons alike.

Part 1: Burns.- Overview of Burns.- Care and (First) Aid of Children with Burns.- Learning from the Management of Carbapenemase Producing Organisms at a Regional Burns Centre.- A Hemostatic Technique Using Silicone Gel Dressing for Burn Surgery.- Skin Graft Fixation in Severe Burns: Use of Topical Negative Pressure.- Tissue Expanders in Post-Burn Alopecia: With or Without Galeotomies.- Autologous Skin Cell Transplantation and Medical Needling for Repigmentation of Depigmented Burn Scars on UV-Protected and UV-Exposed Skin.- A novel Chitosan Based Gel for Burn Wounds.- Treatment of Partial-thickness Scalds by Skin Xenografts.- The MEEK Technique in the Treatment of Burns.- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in the Burn Patient.- Chemical Burns to the Eye.- Severe Burns: Pathogenesis and Prevention of Infection.- Comparison of antemortem clinical diagnosis and postmortem findings in burn-related deaths.- The effect of natural extracts on laser burn wound healing.- Part 2: Infections.- Malnutrition Predicts Infectious and Wound Complications Following Posterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion.- Deep-Wound and Organ-Space Infection after Surgery for Degenerative Spine Disease.- Wound Infection following Stoma Reversal: A Prospective Comparative Study.- Primary Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Breast: Combined use of Hyperbaric Oxygen and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy to Conserve the Breast.- Novel Antimicrobial Peptides: Targeting Wound Infections Caused by 'Superbugs' Resistant to all Current Antibiotics.- Novel use of a biologically-active-prefaabricated- random-3-dimensional-polymer scaffold of hyaluronic acid  (hyaff) to facilitate complicated wound closure.- Part 3: Wound Management.- Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy for Large Burn Wounds.- Negative pressure wound therapy for the treatment of  complex spinal wounds.- Potential mechanisms and application of honeybee products in wound management: wound healing by apitherapy.- Reactive oxygen species treatment in themanagement of wounds

Dr. Melvin A. Shiffman, MD, JD, FCLM, received his MD from Northwestern University School of Medicine in 1957 and completed his residency in general surgery in 1964 at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach, California. Since then he has been continuously involved in oncologic surgery, reconstruction, and cosmetic surgery. In 2002, Dr. Shiffman became Chair of the Section of Surgery at Tustin Hospital and Medical Center and in 2009-10 he served as President of the American College of Legal Medicine. He is Editor Emeritus of the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery, a member of the Scientific Committee of the American Journal of Aesthetic Medicine, and an examiner for the International Board of Cosmetic Surgery. He is also a former Editor-in-Chief of both the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery and the International Journal of Cosmetic Surgery. Dr. Shiffman is the recipient of many honors and is a fellow of various colleges and societies. He has published 300 articles, authored or edited 34 books, and written more than 140 book chapters.

Dr. Mervin Low, MD received his MD from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. He completed his Plastic Surgery Residency at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, and a Breast and Aesthetic Surgery fellowship at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, USA, and at the Plastic Surgery Center of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI, USA. Dr. Low has a busy practice devoted entirely to Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery.  He is a prolific author, educator and innovator.  He has been recognized locally as one of the Best Doctors in California and nationally as one of the Top Plastic Surgeons in America.