Sponsored sessions Thursday

4 September 2025 || 12:45-13:30 hrs || Plenary Room Hall D

Ten Years of Suprathel® Use in Pediatric Burns: Healing Outcomes and Clinical Experience
Mariëlle Vehmeijer-Heeman

We present a 10-year single-center experience with the use of the polylactide dressing Suprathel® in pediatric patients with partial-thickness burns. This retrospective cohort study examined key aspects of treatment, focusing on healing outcomes, dressing handling and patient comfort. Over the study period, Suprathel® was associated with rapid re-epithelialization, a low complication rate, good dressing stability, and high acceptance by both patients and caregivers. These results support its role as an effective and well-tolerated option in pediatric burn care.

Burn Wound Management in BIPOC Patients: Clinical Insights into Suprathel Use in Darker Skin Types
Sonja Schmidt

Burn wound healing in patients with darker skin types presents unique clinical and aesthetic challenges, particularly regarding pigmentation dynamics, scar texture, and long-term outcomes. Drawing on clinical experience and preliminary findings from an ongoing prospective cohort study, this talk explores differential healing patterns, risks of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, and subjective and objective scar outcomes in Fitzpatrick IV–VI skin types. We will also address key aspects of patient-reported satisfaction and highlight the need for more inclusive burn care protocols. The session aims to open the conversation on representation in burn care and help optimize wound management strategies across all skin types.

Deep in Skin: Supra SDRM® – A Polylactic Acid Copolymer Matrix for Complex Traumatic and Burn Wounds
Alfredo Cordova

Traumatic and burn wounds may be challenging to manage due to their extensive tissue damage, complexity, and high risk of complications. Depending on the severity of tissue loss, advanced reconstructive techniques such as dermal matrices may be required. Polylactic acid matrices have shown the ability to enhance wound bed vascularization and contribute to infection control. We report several complex trauma cases in which wound bed preparation was followed by application of Supra SDRM® to optimize the wound bed prior to autologous skin grafting. Supra SDRM® proved to be an effective adjunct, accelerating wound healing and improving wound bed quality.