[Past and present management burns]

The management of burns consists essentially of the surgical removal of the necrotic skin layers and the substitution of the skin defects. Secondary skin transplantation does not prevent completely the cicatrization and all complications of the burn. The management of burns is partially classed among the problems of the conservative therapy. Early excision excludes the danger of demarcation and infection, and immediate transplantation may prevent the destruction of the subcutaneous skin layers. This advantages are assured in the cases concomitant with partial necrosis by xenotransplantation.