Tilapia Fish Skin Coverage in Acute Thermal Burn; Experimental and Histopathological Study

Nile Tilapia Fish Skin (NTFS) has been suggested as an option for biological material for the management of burns. Nile Tilapia Fish Skin also presented a large composition of type I collagen, morphology similar to human skin and high resistance and tensile extension at the break. We chose Baladi rabbits for their relatively ease of handling, accommodation and resistance to surgical aggressions and infectious processes, with low mortality. However, the choice of male rabbits is due to variations in hormonal cycles in females that could intervene in the process of tissue repair.

This experimental model was established to evaluate healing process and outcome results after application of Tilapia Fish Skin on acute contact thermal that was done in order to obtain injuries with the same size and depth.