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Published on: October 31, 2017
Innovative treatment using tilapia skin as a xenograft for partial thickness burns after a gunpowder explosion
Edmar Maciel Lima-Junior1, Manoel Odorico de Moraes Filho2, Bruno Almeida Costa2
1Burn Treatment Center, Dr. José Frota Institute, 60025-061, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Abstract:
Tilapia skin has non-infectious microbiota, high amounts of type I collagen, and similar morphological structure to human skin, so it has been suggested as a potential xenograft for the management of burn wounds. A 23-year-old male patient, with no comorbidities, arrived at our burn treatment center after a thermal injury caused by contact with flames from a gunpowder explosion. Superficial partial thickness burns were present in his right upper limb and deep partial thickness burns were present in his left upper limb. Tilapia skin was applied to the lesions, leading to complete reepithelialization within 12 and 17 days of treatment, respectively. No dressing changes were needed and no side effects were observed. Tilapia skin carries the promise of an innovative, easy-to-apply and highly available product that can become the first nationally studied animal skin registered by the National Sanitary Surveillance Agency for use in the treatment of burns.
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