Resurfacing of heel defects

Soft tissue coverage of the heel remain a difficult, challenging and often frustrating problem to patients and surgeons. Numerous techniques have been described to reconstruct skin defects of the heel. 20 patients with heel defects were treated using various available techniques. The indications, advantages and limitations and limitations of each technique were discussed

Comparative study between amniotic membrane and biobrane in treatment of deep burns

In this study we clinically compared amniotic membrane [a biological material] and biobrane [a biosynthetic material] as a temporary skin substitute in the treatment of freshly excised burn wounds in twenty patients of different age and sex groups. The results revealed that amniotic membrane and biobrane has no systemic complications or adverse reactions and both posses excellent flexibility, conformability and ease of application and removal .The amniotic membrane has more hemostatic effect and superior in control of burn wound sepsis. In addition, the availability and ease of preparation, make amniotic membrane, ideal from the economic point of view