PNV Media Thread, page-1497

We now have another head to head study (literally) between BTM and Integra. The results have been reported in an abstract to be presented at the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting on 10-12 September.

Surgeons from Cleveland, Ohio, conducted a retrospective review of fifteen adult patients who underwent wound reconstruction of the head/neck with BTM or CCS (Integra) between 2015 and  2020. Five patients were treated with BTM and ten with Integra. In the review it is highlighted that head and neck reconstruction is particularly challenging due to the high functional requirements of movement, sensation and aesthetic goals of this area of the body.

The authors concluded

Wounds of the head/neck treated with the new-generation skin-substitute BTM had comparable closure and complication rates compared to the gold-standard CCS bilayer. Wounds treated with BTM required fewer secondary procedures, fewer skin-grafts, and subsequent skin-grafts were less likely to fail. Future randomized trials with larger cohorts are needed to compare these materials. BTM may be an economic alternative to CCS, as the cost of BTM is $850 per 100 cm2 compared to $3150 for CCS bilayer at our institution.

The comparative study follows another, also authored by surgeons from Cleveland, Ohio, which was published last month (and reported here). That study found that BTM favourably compared with Integra in the treatment of complex wounds of the hand and arm.

http://meeting.nesps.org/abstracts/2021/30.cgi

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