A case of electric injury with exposed neck vessels and scapula treated with flaps by Vijay Bhatia, Archana Thakur, Sruja Narola, Manisha Singh, Rahul Kaushik, Deepanjali Kalra

“…The incidence of high-voltage electrical injuries is much higher in developing countries when compared to developed countries, lack of proper transmission systems being the cause. Electric burn injuries lead to debilitating morbidity to the affected patients and are often deadly. …”
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Electrical injuries of the oral cavity: A menace to mankind by Nazish Baig, Nikita Parasrampuria, Babita Yeshwante, Gaurav Tated

“…Saliva which acts a medium transports the electrical current to the fragile mucosa of the oral cavity thereby leading to the treacherous burn injuries. Since children have an overall lower fat component and different surface area to volume ratio, which impacts on the risk of deep tissue damage compared to adults with equivalent injury. …”
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Burn Rehabilitation by Abdül Kerim Yapıcı, Muzaffer Durmuş, Emre Ata, Murat Durusu, Levent Tekin

“…Survival rates for burn injuries have been increasing, thanks to the progress of modern medicine, and rehabilitation activities have gained more significance. …”
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Coverage of exposed pericardium with a lateral thoracic artery perforator flap by Vijay Yashpal Bhatia, Pradnya Desai Sarwade, Pranav Chandrashekhar Thusay, Sukumar H Mehta, Nirav M Visavadia

“…Electricity is an indispensable part of the society that we live in, depending on it from household appliances to farms and industries. Electrical burn injuries, although form a small proportion of the total burn cases, pose significant challenges in their management due to their varied manifestations and the high associated morbidity and mortality. …”
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Scrambler Therapy for Chronic Pain after Burns and Its Effect on the Cerebral Pain Network: A Prospective, Double-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial by Seung Yeol Lee, Chang-hyun Park, Yoon Soo Cho, Laurie Kim, Ji Won Yoo, So Young Joo, Cheong Hoon Seo

“…Chronic pain is common after burn injuries, and post-burn neuropathic pain is the most important complication that is difficult to treat. …”
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A cohort of pediatric injury patients from a hospital-based trauma registry in Northern Tanzania by Elizabeth M. Keating, Francis Sakita, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Getrude Nkini, Ismail Amiri, Chermiqua Tsosie, Nora Fino, Melissa H. Watt, Catherine A. Staton

“…Of the in-hospital deaths, 43.3% were children with burn injuries who also had a higher odds of mortality than children with other injuries (OR 8.72, p<0.001). …”
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Scald burns in a 7-h old neonate: A consequence of traditional hot water bath by Abubakar Sani Lugga, Bello Muhammad Sulaiman, Lawal Magaji Ibrahim, Yekinni Sakiru Abiodun

“…Burn injuries are rare in the neonatal period. Most of the cases reported in the literature are iatrogenic. …”
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The evaluation and management of thermal injuries: 2014 update by Jimmy Toussaint, Adam J. Singer

“…The current review will briefly cover the epidemiology, pathogenesis and diagnosis of burn injuries with greater emphasis on airway and fluid management. …”
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The Application of Three-Dimensional Printed Finger Splints for Post Hand Burn Patients: A Case Series Investigation by Ho-Sung Nam, Cheong Hoon Seo, So-Young Joo, Dong Hyun Kim, Dong-Sik Park

“…In this study, the authors present a series of patients with hand burn injuries whose orthotic needs were fulfilled with the application of 3D-printed finger splints.…”
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Resiniferatoxin: Nature’s Precision Medicine to Silence TRPV1-Positive Afferents by Arpad Szallasi

“…Similar targeted approaches may be useful in the management of post-operative pain or pain associated with severe burn injuries. The current state of this field is reviewed, from preclinical studies through veterinary medicine to clinical trials.…”
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Thermal Imaging as a Method to Indirectly Assess Peripheral Vascular Integrity and Tissue Viability in Veterinary Medicine: Animal Models and Clinical Applications by Daniel Mota-Rojas, Asahi Ogi, Dina Villanueva-García, Ismael Hernández-Ávalos, Alejandro Casas-Alvarado, Adriana Domínguez-Oliva, Pamela Lendez, Marcelo Ghezzi

“…Moreover, tissular damage (e.g., burn injuries) also causes microvasculature compromise. …”
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Diagnosing Burn Wounds Infection: The Practice Gap & Advances with MolecuLight Bacterial Imaging by Nawras Farhan, Steven Jeffery

“…Burn injuries constitute a critical economic burden on healthcare infrastructures worldwide. …”
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Late onset quadriparesis in high voltage electrical burn – A case report by Metasebia W. Abebe, Samuel Equar Alem

“…Electrical burn injuries are injuries that can be of high or low voltage and result in variety of injuries ranging from skin burns to damage to internal organs including neurologic complications. …”
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Evaluating clinical heterogeneity and predicting mortality in severely burned patients through unsupervised clustering and latent class analysis by Sungmin Kim, Jaechul Yoon, Dohern Kym, Jun Hur, Myongjin Kim, Jongsoo Park, Yong Suk Cho, Wook Chun, Dogeon Yoon

“…Abstract Burn injuries often result in a high level of clinical heterogeneity and poor prognosis in patients with severe burns. …”
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Prevalence, risk factors and perceptions of caregivers on burns among children under 5 years in Kisenyi slum, Kampala, Uganda by Marcia Tusiime, David Musoke, Fiston Muneza, Milton Mutto, Olive Kobusingye

“…A modified Poisson regression model was used to determine the correlates of burn injuries, prevalence rate ratios and 95% confidence intervals, while thematic analysis was used for qualitative data. …”
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Use of stromal vascular fraction stem cell therapy for functional and cosmetic outcomes in a young female patient with deep dermal flame burns on the face by Ahmet Çınar Yastı, Ali Emre Akgün, Merve Akın

“…Uncomplicated recovery is even more important in facial burn injuries considering the cosmetic and functional functions of the face. …”
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Fractional laser and laser assisted corticosteroid delivery for hypertrophic scars in thermal burns by Ni Putu Susari Widianingsih, Cita Rosita S. Prakoeswa

“…Hypertrophic scars and contractures are common following thermal burns injury. Cutaneous scars can be complex and thus the approach to therapy is often multimodal with only moderate success. …”
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Marjolin’s ulcer: a challenging complication of non-healing wounds by Vitorino Modesto dos Santos, Anna Gabriela Oliveira Camilo, Leonardo Aquino de Souza, Lucas Maciel Rodrigues Monteiro, Christiane Silveira Marinho, Diogo Wagner da Silva de Souza

“…Marjolin’s ulcer is an uncommon malignant condition related to non-healing wounds, more often of burn injuries. Our aim is increase the suspicion index of primary care workers about the risk of squamous cell carcinoma in skin chronic ulcers or scar tissue, mainly in extremities. …”
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Accumulation of myeloid lineage cells is mapping out liver fibrosis post injury: a targetable lesion using Ketanserin by Saeid Amini-Nik, Ali-Reza Sadri, Li Diao, Cassandra Belo, Marc G. Jeschke

“…Liver damage: Injury-induced fibrosis A drug that affects serotonin pathway in the liver following systemic injury could help limit damage caused by fibrosis. Severe burn injuries can result in liver fibrosis, the over-production of connective tissues promoted by pro-inflammatory immune cells, including those derived from bone marrow myeloid cells. …”
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Vitriolage: A Case of a 19-Year-Old Girl by Mohammad Jubaidul Kabir, Palash Kumar Bose, Farhana Salam

“…She was admitted in the One Stop Crisis Center (OCC) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Acid burn injuries involved whole of the right side of the face, front and adjacent right side of the neck, right shoulder and front of the right side of the chest. …”
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