Health Swedish doctors predict spray-on skin

[The Helper]

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Doctors predict that spray-on skin cells will be used as a common form of sore treatment in the Swedish healthcare system within a few years.

Gunnar Kratz from Linkoping, participating in an ongoing leg wound symposium in Gothenburg, said he was keen for Sweden to introduce the method, the Swedish news agency TT said.

The treatment of leg wounds has made major advances over the past decades, with the reintroduction of maggot therapy a contributory factor. Most severe wounds do now heal, even against heavy odds.

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Doctors predict that spray-on skin cells will be used as a common form of sore treatment in the Swedish healthcare system within a few years.

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[Feralex]

hurray for sweden the land of the atheists! :thup:

 

[sama66]

hurry to sweeden for what

 

[Varine]

hurry to sweeden for what

He's saying hurray, as in a congratulatory interjection.

 

[BANANAMAN]

GJ swedes!! :thup:

 

[The Helper]

Oh Yeah! This is a thing now!

“Spray Skin” Technology to Heal Severe Burns

Temple Burn Center Director Dr. Lisa Rae is nationally respected in burn surgery and trauma and critical care. She and her team are now using a new spray-on skin cell technology — known as the RECELL® System — to treat severe burns. This new technology became commercially available in January 2019 and is being used by only a handful of centers across the country.

Q: How does traditional skin grafting heal severe burn victims?
Dr. Rae: Patients with second- and third-degree burns generally must undergo a surgical procedure. We remove the burned skin and underlying tissue, and replace it with a thin layer of healthy donor skin taken elsewhere from their own body. This skin-grafting approach is generally very effective at healing, but it can be painful. It also can leave scarring and discoloration.

Q: Are there alternatives to this traditional skin-grafting approach?
Dr. Rae: Yes, the FDA recently approved a new treatment option called the RECELL Autologous Cell Harvesting Device (RECELL System). It requires less donor skin to achieve healing of burn wounds in less time. Temple is one of only a few hospitals that offers it.

We believe this new technology can have a profound impact on our patients’ recovery, including reducing pain and scarring, improved joint mobility, faster healing and an improved long-term cosmetic result compared to traditional skin grafting.

“Spray Skin” Technology to Heal Severe Burns

In this Q&A, Dr. Lisa Rae talks about a new spray skin technology to treat severe burns, and Temple is among few centers across the nation using the RECELL® System.

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