Healing of Burns and the Effect of Shockwave Therapy on the Recovery of Skin Grafts

ESWT is administered as a one-off treatment on the wound surfaces within 24 hours of a 2nd degree burn trauma and immediately after an intraoperative skin graft excision procedure. A defocused sound head is orthogradely applied to the burn wound or the donor site. 100 impulses/cm² is administered at 20 seconds per cm². The defocused sound head is placed on the wound along with a sterile gel (Lavaseptgel®, Octenidingel®) and a sterile protection foil. The shockwaves deployed are not at an energy density that is painful. This single application of ESWT is followed by routine dressing using Mepitel® in combination with Polyhexanid/Octenidin®.