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Prolonged healing time of acute burn wounds is associated with increased pain, infection, risk of scarring, poorer mobility and higher financial and emotional burden. Electrical stimulation (ES) reduces healing time in chronic wounds; however, its reported use on acute burn wounds is limited. This systematic review (SR) aimed to evaluate the relative benefit of ES compared to routine wound care on the healing time of acute burn wounds in adults. The online databases queried included Cochrane Database of SR's, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PUBMED and CINAHL. The search criteria included RCTs involving the application of ES of varying voltage, duration and modality in acute burn patients aged ≥18 years. The primary outcome investigated was days to burn wound closure, while the secondary outcomes included edema and infection. Four RCTs were discovered, involving a total of 143 participants with a mean age 35.5 years. Two RCTs demonstrated (a) 36% (2.6 days) reduction in time to wound closure with ES ( < 0.001); and (b) significant reduction in wound area with ES (11.2 ± 3.2 cm, < 0.001) compared to controls at 21 days. Two RCTs found ES promoted better wound-healing environments, reducing edema, bacterial infection, and biofilm. This review highlighted low-risk wound-healing benefits with ES as a feasible adjunct to routine burn care.
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