Pineapple Enzyme Offers Hope for Young burn Victims: Italian Hospital Reports Success
FLORENCE,โ Italy – A groundbreaking, non-surgical treatment โutilizing bromelain – โan enzyme found in pineapple – is dramatically improving outcomes for young burn patients at the Meyer pediatric hospital inโฃ Florence. In โขthe past year alone, the hospital’s Burns Center,โ led by Dr.Flavio Facchini, has successfully treated 80 children with โขburns โusing the innovative method.
The treatment, authorized byโ AIFA for pediatric use since 2024, โขemploys enzymes to selectively break down damaged skin cells while leaving healthy โtissue intact. This approach significantly reduces the need for conventional, invasive procedures like skin grafts and transplants, โleading to better scar โฃquality and a lessened overall impact on patients’ lives. One notable case involves 12-year-old G., who โrecovered and returned to a โnormal life after suffering burnsโ covering 30% ofโฃ her body from a โคflammable substance explosion.
Meyer hospital was the first in Italy toโ adopt this โtherapy, made possible byโข the contributions โof Professor Zaccaria Ricci’s anesthesia team โand theโ establishment of a dedicated treatment pathway within the hospital.โข The hospital recentlyโฃ hostedโ a symposium celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Burns center and the 35th anniversary of the Tuscan Association of Pediatricโค Burn Rehabilitation Treatment, where the positive results of the bromelain treatment were a central focus.