Forty-two children, undergoing a total of 56 dressing changes in
our outpatient department were enrolled in this study. There
were 29 boys and 13 girls with an age range of 3.5–14 years
(median age = 9 years). Total burn surface area was estimated
froma paediatric Lund and Browder [10] chart and ranged from
1 to 16% (median TBSA = 5%). Subjects were randomised into a
treatment (AR) group (n = 20with a total of 24 dressing changes)
and a control group (n = 22 with 32 dressing changes