A victim may require immediate hospitalization and multiple surgeries and
skin graft treatments to restore form and function to the affected part or parts of the body.
Not exact matches
The
treatment — a whole - body
graft of genetically modified stem cells — is the most ambitious attempt yet to treat a severe form of epidermolysis bullosa (EB), an often - fatal group of conditions that cause
skin to blister and tear off at the slightest touch.
In fact, the new approach is similar to an established
treatment for severe burns, in which sheets of healthy
skin are grown from a patient's own cells and
grafted over wounds.
The first group of stories is related to adult stem cells (although this is not explicitly stated or explained): the discovery of stem cells during WWII, the amazing rescue of two boys in the early 1980s using stem cell - based
skin grafts, and the present - day
treatment of blind patients in a stem cell clinic in India.
Ranging from heartworm
treatment, amputations, stab wounds, eye removals,
skin grafting, tumor removals, arrow and gun shot wounds, complicated illnesses and injuries,
skin treatments, and dental work.
After several surgeries, including a complicated and creative
skin graft, and weeks of
treatment, she survived — though minus a couple of her nine lives.
Treatment may require debriding (trimming) the devitalized tissue, then suturing the wound with drains in place; or the defect may be large enough to require
skin grafting or healing by second intention (granulating in over a long period of time).
Victims may require counseling, home care, rehabilitation,
skin grafts, or other costly
treatments.
The victims of biting dogs or other attacking animals may need dog bite
treatment that includes reconstructive surgery,
skin grafting, and extensive therapy.
Medical
treatments such as
skin grafting and wound disinfection are common, and deep burns can result in immense pain.
Skin grafting may be another treatment for patients suffering large scale skin infection, as well as treatment in a hospital burn u
Skin grafting may be another
treatment for patients suffering large scale
skin infection, as well as treatment in a hospital burn u
skin infection, as well as
treatment in a hospital burn unit.
Nearly half of hospitalized dog bite victims required a
skin infection
treatment and 58 percent needed stitches,
skin grafts, wound debridement or other similar procedure.