Burns 

TL;DR: The present review aims at examining all available evidence about effects of silver on wound infection control and on wound healing trying to determine the practical therapeutic balance between antimicrobial activity and cellular toxicity.

TL;DR: In 1965, Moyer revived interest in silver nitrate solution and introduced Mafenide acetate, followed a few years later by silver sulphadiazine and cerium nitrate, which represented a radical change in the topical treatment of burns.

TL;DR: By providing a dermal replacement, the grafted dermal matrix permitted the use of a thin, widely meshed autograft from the donor site, without the undesirable scarring and contracture at the wound site that commonly results from this technique.

TL;DR: The epidemiology and risk factors of burns injuries worldwide are reviewed and it is shown that in high-income countries, burns occur disproportionately to racial and ethnic minorities such that socioeconomic status--more than cultural or educational factors--account for most of the increased burn susceptibility.