[Expert consensus on the treatment of second-degree burn wounds (2024 edition) Ⅱ: surgical treatment and infection prevention and treatment].

Abstract

Second-degree burns are the most common type of burns in clinical practice and hard to manage. The treatment needs not only to consider the possible different effects of dressing change or surgical treatment itself, but also requires the evaluation of many factors such as burn site, ages of patients, and burn area. At present, there are no unified standards or specifications for the surgical procedures of wound treatment, as well as infection diagnosis and grading of second-degree burn wounds, which seriously affects the formulation of clinical treatment plans. The consensus writing group developed the Expert consensus on the treatment of second-degree burn wounds (2024 edition) Ⅱ: surgical treatment and infection prevention and treatment based on evidence-based medical evidence and combined with expert opinion. This expert consensus put forward 29 specific recommendations from two aspects: surgical treatment and infection prevention and treatment of second-degree burn wounds, aiming to form a standardized clinical treatment plan for second-degree burns.