| Summary: | Burn injuries are a major cause of hospitalization and are associated with morbidity and mortality. Burns in children under the age of 16, represent a fourth of the burns occurring annually all over the world, with a peak under the age of 5 years. Paediatric burns represent an enormous socio-economic problem for individuals and the health care system.Standard of care of burn wounds consists of cleaning and debridement, followed by the use of different type of dressings and, when necessary, skin transplantation surgery. Most of the dressings used for burn wounds need to be changed with a certain frequency. The painful procedure of dressing changes in children with burns, represent a big issue causing anxiety and affecting even more the complex psychological status of those patients.The objective of this case series was to evaluate on paediatric patients with burns the use of a wound dressing based on the new material Eiratex®, composed of a biosynthetic cellulose network that mimics the nanostructure of collagen.A total of n = 5 paediatric patients (age <8 years) with burns were treated with the Eiratex®-based wound dressing after enzymatic debridement using Nexobrid™.The mean total body surface area (%TBSA) affected by the burn was 5.6%. Mean healing time was 31.2 ± 3.5 days since the occurrence of the burn.Preliminary results of this pilot study seem to show the efficacy of the Eiratex®-based wound dressing to heal the burn wounds. Moreover, we advocate the use of this wound dressing to decrease the frequency of dressing changes, with a benefit for patients and a decreased cost for the healthcare system. Keywords: Biosynthetic cellulose, Wound dressing, Burns, Paediatric patients
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