Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy rate of epethelial tissue repair on partial thickness burns of the face by using the extract of the snail helix aspersa in an 80% concentration ointment as a topical agent in this sensitive area.
Methods: We treated 35 adult patients who sustained a burn injury on the face. This single topical agent was only used and applied twice daily. Estimation of epithelial repair was measures in terms of clinical observation, patient satisfaction and rate of charred tissue over a period of 21 days.
Results: The suggested ointment appears to significantly accelerate the healing process in partial-thickness burns, compared with other local antimicrobial agents. This is the clinical impression even after the first week of treatment.
Conclusions: The extract of the snail helix aspersa is derived from its own mucous secretions. The snail has the ability of using this mucous to regenerate it's own shell when damaged. The ointment used, contains 80% of this extract and shows advantageous features in terms of epithelial regeneration of burned skin. It produces a faster healing process, which is otherwise estimated to take aproximately three weeks in cases where well-known antibacterial agents are used in the every day topical treatment of burns.
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IC24
Interactive Session "Wound healing - fibrosis / Phlebology"
04/10/2007, 13:15 - 14:45
Room T |
