[An open method for treating the wounds in extensive and deep burns]

Analysis was made of the possible ways for attempting open-field treatment of burn wounds under the conditions existing at the Thermic Injury Section of the Pirogov Emergency Hospital in Sofia. The advantages and disadvantages of this method of treatment are pointed out. Experience is recorded with the open-field treatment on the Clinitron [correction of clintorne] bed of 32 patients with extensive and deep burns (affecting more than 30 per cent of the body surface). Clinical and microbiologic observations in these patients showed a strong limitation in the development of wound infection and quick drying of the necrotic tissues.