The efficacy of negative pressure wound therapy combined with nano-silver antibacterial dressings in the treatment of burn wounds in children
JIANG Haiyang
YANG Hong
MA Changming
Abstract：Objective To explore the efficacy of negative pressure wound therapy combined with nano-silver antibacterial dressings in the treatment of burn wounds in children.Methods A total of 120 burned children admitted to our hospital from November 2023 to May 2025 were ran-domly divided into a control group(60 cases)and an observation group(60 cases).The control group was treated with negative pressure wound therapy,while the observation group was treated with negative pressure wound therapy combined with nano-silver medical antibacterial dressings.After 10 days of treatment,the vancouver scar scale(VSS)was used to assess the degree of scar hyperplasia,while the degree of pain was evaluated using the visual analogue scale(VAS)and the levels of inflammatory factors,including CRP,IL-6,TNF-α,and IL-8,were measured before treatment and 10 days after treatment using ELISA.Additionally,we compared the wound healing time,hospital stay,and dressing change frequency between the two groups.Results The wound healing time,hospital stay,dressing change frequency,and VSS score in the observation group were all significantly lower than those in the control group(P＜0.05).After 10 days of treat-ment,the VAS scores and the levels of CRP,IL-6,TNF-α,IL-8 in the serum of patients in both groups were lower than those before treatment,with the observation group showing lower levels than the control group(all P＜0.05).Conclusion The application of negative pressure wound therapy combined with nano-silver medical antibacterial dressings in the treatment of burned chil-dren can significantly improve wound healing,alleviate inflammation and pain,and accelerate the recovery process.
Keywords：burn woundsnegative pressure wound technologynano-silvermedical an-tibacterial dressings
Publication Date：2026-02-28
Online Publishing Date：2026-04-02(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 87-91 )