Dr. Jehangir Discusses Using Human Amniotic Membrane for Treating Burn Wounds
In this video, Susan Jehangir, MBBS, MS, Mch, explains how a clinician could use human amniotic membrane (HAM) when treating burn wounds.
Susan Jehangir, MBBS, MS, Mch, is a pediatric surgeon at the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India. For more content, visit the Burns topic center.
Transcript
Hi, I'm Susan Jehangir. I'm a pediatric surgeon and I work at the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India. My main interest is in burns and innovative ways of treating burns injuries. Human amniotic membrane can be used in its fresh form, as we did in our study. Or it can be used, bought over the counter in a freeze dried or cryo preserved form.
If it's used in a fresh form, as in our study, it would need to be harvested from elective cesarean section deliveries with a negative viral serology, of course. It can be then preserved in an antibiotic solution for seven days, waiting to be applied to a new burn wound whenever it occurs.
Once it's applied, it's a one time application. And it is left to dry and forms an exoskeleton, which then as healing occurs underneath, it tends to fall off. So it has the advantage of being a one time application. It accelerates wound healing, it decreases pain. The child can be handled on the burned area after the application dries. And you can send the child home. Essentially, there's no loss of work for the parent and no daily dressings and visits to the hospital and stuff like that.
