Use of Integra artificial skin is associated with decreased length of stay for severely injured adult burn survivors

J Burn Care Rehabil. 2002 Sep-Oct;23(5):311-7. doi: 10.1097/00004630-200209000-00002.

Abstract

Mortality and length of stay (LOS) of survivors was examined retrospectively in 270 adults with acute burns > or =20% of body surface area to determine the effect of Integra Dermal Regeneration Template treatment on outcome. No difference in mortality was found between patients who received Integra (30%; n = 43) and patients who did not (30%; n = 227). Surviving Integra patients (n = 30) stayed longer, but they were more extensively injured than survivors who did not receive Integra (n = 158), and therefore longer hospitalizations were expected. In a subgroup analysis, mean LOS of Integra patients with two or more mortality risk factors (age > 60 years, burn size >40% body surface area, or inhalation injury; n = 15) was 63 days compared with 107 days in patients with two or more risk factors (n = 29) who did not receive Integra ( =.014). Integra use in severely injured burned adults was associated with a marked decrease in LOS.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Biocompatible Materials / therapeutic use*
  • Burns / mortality
  • Burns / pathology
  • Burns / therapy*
  • Chondroitin Sulfates
  • Collagen
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Survivors*
  • Time Factors
  • Trauma Severity Indices

Substances

  • Biocompatible Materials
  • integra artificial skin
  • Chondroitin Sulfates
  • Collagen