![]() Severe burns continue to pose a major challenge in regions with limited medical resources, especially developing countries. Unfortunately, >95% of these burn injuries occur in low- and middle-income countries ( Peck, 2011). Further, the treatment strategies for burns, ranging from external to clinical, are reviewed, and the functional classifications of hydrogel dressings along with their clinical value for burns are discussed.īetween 20, 550,000 people worldwide died from fire, heat and hot substances, and 37 million people were disabled and requiring medical treatment ( World Health Organization., 2019). ![]() This review briefly introduces the advantages of hydrogel dressings and discusses the development of new hydrogel dressings for wound healing along with skin regeneration. Hydrogel dressings have been employed universally to accelerate wound healing based on their unique properties to overcome the limitations of existing treatment methods. The future of advanced care of burn wounds lies in the development of “active dressings”. Burn treatment includes management, infection control, wound debridement and escharotomy, dressing coverage, skin transplantation, and the use of skin substitutes. Burns are long-term injuries, and numerous patients suffer from chronic pain. The therapy of burns is a challenging clinical issue. ![]() 4Department of Orthopedics, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.3Department of Burn Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.2Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Transplantation of the Ministry of Education, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.1Department of Biobank, Division of Clinical Research, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.Wentao Shu 1 †, Yinan Wang 1,2 †, Xi Zhang 3, Chaoyang Li 4, Hanxiang Le 4 and Fei Chang 4*
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