Propiedades de los apósitos biológicos de piel de tilapia en la reparación de quemaduras

Abstract

Abstract: Burns represent a serious problem worldwide, mainly in developing countries, causing high morbidity and mortality, especially in the population with limited resources, who are vulnerable due to their jobs. Objective: To establish the benefits of the use of tilapia skin dressings in the treatment of burns. Method: Search for original articles in 6 different databases, with information in spanish, english and portuguese, with a high level of evidence and that meet the objective of the study. Results: From 94 articles found, applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, in addition to analyzing that allow solving the research question articles, a total of 15 original articles were obtained. Conclusions: Tilapia skin dressings allow faster re-epithelialization, reduce dressing changes, avoid superinfections, reduce pain intensity, use of analgesics, treatment days, anxiety, the workload of health personnel and they allow to reduce hospital costs by approximately half.