Use of glycerolized human allografts as temporary (and permanent) cover in adults and children.

Multiple efforts to achieve immediate and complete burn wound closure following early debridement have been attempted to prevent septic complications, and to decrease the morbidity and mortality associated with major burns. The BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum (BGUBB) Burn Centre admitted 157 patients with deep partial thickness and full thickness skin burns during 1991 and 1992. Twenty-eight of these patients (18 per cent) were treated with glycerolized human allografts. A total of 57 allograft transplantations were performed on these 28 patients. Our indications for the use of glycerolized human allografts, as well as our results, are presented and discussed.