PMID- 29977732
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 2193-8091 (Print)
IS  - 2193-8091 (Electronic)
IS  - 2193-8091 (Linking)
VI  - 7
DP  - 2018
TI  - Management of donor site infections in split-thickness skin graft with 
      water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA).
PG  - Doc03
LID - 10.3205/iprs000123 [doi]
LID - Doc03
AB  - Infection of donor sites in split-thickness skin grafts is one of the 
      complications of skin transplantation. Nutrition status and associated diseases 
      play important roles in healing of donor sites. There are different ways used to 
      treat infected donor sites. Water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA), as a special form 
      of heat radiation with a high tissue penetration and a low thermal load to the 
      skin surface, can improve the healing of acute and chronic wounds both by thermal 
      and thermic as well as by non-thermal and non-thermic effects. Water-filtered 
      infrared-A (wIRA) increases tissue temperature, tissue oxygen partial pressure 
      and tissue perfusion. These three factors are decisive for a sufficient supply of 
      tissue with energy and oxygen and consequently also for wound healing and 
      infection defense. This was confirmed in a case with a late severe healing 
      disturbance of the donor sites after skin transplantation.
FAU - Aljasir, Anas
AU  - Aljasir A
AD  - Klinik fur Plastische, Asthetische und Handchirurgie - Zentrum fur 
      Schwerbrandverletzte, Sana Klinikum, Offenbach am Main, Germany.
FAU - Pierson, Thomas
AU  - Pierson T
AD  - Klinik fur Plastische, Asthetische und Handchirurgie - Zentrum fur 
      Schwerbrandverletzte, Sana Klinikum, Offenbach am Main, Germany.
FAU - Hoffmann, Gerd
AU  - Hoffmann G
AD  - Institut fur Sportwissenschaften, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt 
      am Main, Germany.
FAU - Menke, Henrik
AU  - Menke H
AD  - Klinik fur Plastische, Asthetische und Handchirurgie - Zentrum fur 
      Schwerbrandverletzte, Sana Klinikum, Offenbach am Main, Germany.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
DEP - 20180612
PL  - Germany
TA  - GMS Interdiscip Plast Reconstr Surg DGPW
JT  - GMS Interdisciplinary plastic and reconstructive surgery DGPW
JID - 101654993
PMC - PMC6007794
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - infection of donor site
OT  - skin transplantation
OT  - water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA)
COIS- GH was working for the Dr. med. h.c. Erwin Braun Foundation, Basel, a charitable, 
      non-profit Swiss scientific foundation approved by the Swiss Federal 
      Administration. The foundation supports clinical investigation of waterfiltered 
      infrared-A. The foundation was not involved in any content- or decision-related 
      aspect of the case report. GH is not and was not employed by a commercial company 
      and has not received fees or grants by a commercial company in the field of 
      water-filtered infrared-A. Therefore, GH declares that no conflicts of interest 
      exist according to the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical 
      Journal Editors. The three other authors declare to have no competing interests.
EDAT- 2018/07/07 06:00
MHDA- 2018/07/07 06:01
PMCR- 2018/06/12
CRDT- 2018/07/07 06:00
PHST- 2018/07/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/07/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/07/07 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2018/06/12 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - iprs000123 [pii]
AID - Doc03 [pii]
AID - 10.3205/iprs000123 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - GMS Interdiscip Plast Reconstr Surg DGPW. 2018 Jun 12;7:Doc03. doi: 
      10.3205/iprs000123. eCollection 2018.