{"id":36447,"date":"2025-08-15T15:42:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/?post_type=sw_disease_condition&#038;p=36447"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:00:43","slug":"burns","status":"publish","type":"sw_disease_condition","link":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/diseases-and-conditions\/burns\/","title":{"rendered":"Burns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-focused-ultrasound-therapy-nbsp\">Focused Ultrasound Therapy&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound is a rapidly evolving, therapeutic technology that could transform the quality of life and decrease the cost of care for patients with burns. This novel technology focuses beams of ultrasound energy precisely and accurately on targets deep in the body without damaging surrounding normal tissue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How it Works\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where the beams converge, focused ultrasound produces Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound aimed at the spleen that has shown to help reduce inflammation and improve healing for patients with sustained burns.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary options for treatment of burns include medication and invasive surgery, and the challenge of inflammation and wound healing can be an ongoing challenge.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For certain patients, focused ultrasound could provide a supplement to the medications and surgery.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advantages\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focused ultrasound is non-invasive, so it does not carry added concerns like surgical wound healing or infection.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focused ultrasound can reach the desired target without damaging surrounding tissue.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It can be repeated, if necessary.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clinical-trials-nbsp\">Clinical Trials&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the present time, there are no clinical trials recruiting patients for focused ultrasound treatment of burns.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation updates these pages regularly, but with the increasing number of clinical trials, we want to be sure that our audience has the latest information available. Therefore, we also added the website search information for the above trials. If you click\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/search?cond=Burn&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, it will take you to the latest information available from\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/<\/strong><\/a>.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-regulatory-approval-and-reimbursement-nbsp-nbsp\">Regulatory Approval and Reimbursement&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound treatment for burns is not yet approved by regulatory bodies or covered by medical insurance companies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-notable-papers-nbsp\">Notable Papers&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Raihane AS, Armstrong DG, Gillenwater TJ, Galiano RD. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/40147451\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Advancing Therapeutic Solutions for\u202fBurn\u202fWounds: Potential Use of Noninvasive\u202fUltrasound-Driven Splenic Stimulation.<\/strong><\/a> Adv Wound Care (New Rochelle). 2025 Mar 27. doi: 10.1089\/wound.2024.0181. Online ahead of print. 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