[Treatment of XXXX after burns with traditional Chinese medicine mask and skin care].

@entity1 @entity566 @entity2118
OBJECTIVE: To observe the effects of traditional Chinese medicine mask combined with skin care in the treatment of @entity2118 after burns. METHODS: Forty-one @entity1 with @entity2118 after burns hospitalized from January 2009 to June 2010 were enrolled and divided into treatment group (n = 26, odd number) and control group (n = 15, even number) according to the visiting order. After cleaning, massaging, and steam spraying to faces, @entity1 in treatment and control groups were respectively treated with traditional Chinese medicine mask developed by physicians in our hospital and common commercial beauty mask. Masks were removed when they became completely dry. The treatment was repeated every other day. Ten times made up a course of treatment. Three consecutive courses were carried out on each @entity1 . Before treatment and at the end of each course, the skin color differences were measured with Vancouver Pigmented Scar Scale; image gray scale value of pigmented skin was measured with image analysis technique. Satisfaction degree acknowledged by both @entity1 and physicians were recorded at the end of each course; adverse effects were recorded; and the overall efficacy between two groups was compared. Data were processed with chi-square test or t test. RESULTS: Skin color differences, image gray scale value of @entity1 in treatment group were close to those in control group before treatment (with t value respectively 0.800 and 0.694, P values all above 0.05). Skin color differences, image gray scale value, and satisfaction degree acknowledged by both @entity1 and physicians in treatment group were better than those in control group at the end of each course. At the end of the third course of treatment, the skin color differences in treatment and control groups scored 0.5    0.4 and 1.1    0.6, respectively, with image gray scale value of 55    5 and 66    6, respectively, which were statistically different from each other (with t value respectively 3.389 and 5.102, P values all below 0.01). The overall efficacy of the treatment group was 92.3%, which was much better than that of the control group (53.3%,   (2) = 6.31, P < 0.05). No @entity566 caused by the traditional Chinese medicine mask was observed during the treatment. CONCLUSIONS: The traditional Chinese medicine mask combined with skin care is effective for the treatment of @entity2118 after burns.
