Study	Reason for exclusion
Adly 2010	Randomisation procedure inadequate (even allocated to Group II, odds to group I); half of patients with 3rd degree burns (12/23 in each group)
Allen 1996	Data for burns inseparable from results for other types of wounds
Chang 1995	Review of pressure garment therapy and of full thickness burns
Edstrom 1979	Includes burns other than superficial or partial thickness burns and non‐dressing interventions
Frandsen 1978	Quasi‐randomisation (alternate allocation by odd/even dates)
Hauser 2007	Trial compared two different topical agents
Hermans 1984	Includes burns other than superficial or partial thickness burns
Huang 2010	Patients with moderate or severe burns were included, however separate outcome data were not provided
Kedwards 1993	Treatment for burn injuries of the hand
Kuroyanagi 1995	There insufficient evidence to determine whether this trial was randomised. The paper is in Japanese with an English abstract only. A Japanese translator advised that the trial author did not report whether or how randomisation occurred.
Levine 1976	No outcome measures defined in the review protocol reported in this study
Misterka 1991	Not a randomised trial. The paper is in Polish with an English abstract only. A Polish translator advised that no randomisation or another method of prospective assignment was mentioned in the trial report
Rossbach 1998	Trial compared two different topical agents
Schwarze 2008	Trial comparing two skin substitutes
Sharma 1985	Quasi‐randomisation
Stair 1986	Results for burn wounds not separable from abrasions
Tredget 1998	Includes burns other than superficial or partial thickness burns
Waffle 1988	Quasi‐randomisation
Wayne 1985	Not randomised trial, matched controls
Witchell 1991	Not a randomised trial
Yang 1989	Unable to separate burn wounds from other burn types