Polychrome Bone Fluorescence: A valuable diagnostic tool for 4th degree calvarial burns. A Case report

4th degree calvarial burns are complex in management with regards to determining bone vitality and subsequent choice of defect coverage. Distinguishing viable and nonviable bone can be challenging. Tetracycline bone fluorescence is well described and in common use in maxillofacial patients with bisp...

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Published in:Journal of burn care & research 2024-06
Main Authors: Malan, A M, Öhlbauer, M, Bader, R D, Wallner, B
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:4th degree calvarial burns are complex in management with regards to determining bone vitality and subsequent choice of defect coverage. Distinguishing viable and nonviable bone can be challenging. Tetracycline bone fluorescence is well described and in common use in maxillofacial patients with bisphosphonate osteonecrosis and has been reported in septic orthopedic surgery specifically periprosthetic joint infection. On the basis that viable bone fluoresces, the concept of polychrome fluorescence was extrapolated as a diagnostic tool for calvarial burns. Bone fluorescence presents an efficient, non-invasive, and cost-effective diagnostic tool delineating exact necrotic margins in 4th degree burns ensuring targeted bone sparing debridement. This report describes the use of polychrome bone fluorescence as an intra-operative tool including a single-centre case report with 4th degree calvarial burns.
ISSN:1559-0488