Publications

Associate Professor Peter Haertsch has articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals spanning over three decades. He is widely recognised as a burns specialist and has also written on his experience treating the Bali burn victims.

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Stanley EA, Zhang L, O'Hara J, Haertsch P, Maitz P. The seven-fold rise in incidence of Stevens-Johnson syndrome & toxic epidermal necrolysis: Associations with COVID-19 and the vaccine. Burns. 2024 Feb;50(1):87-92. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2023.06.016. Epub 2023 Jun 28. PMID: 37730480.

Prasidha I, Barker A, Knight R, Haertsch P. Biodegradable Temporizing Matrix for the Reconstruction of a Pyoderma Gangrenosum Wound. Dermatol Surg. 2024 Jan 1;50(1):112-114.

Stynes G, Haertsch P, O'Hara J, Knight R, Issler-Fisher AC, Maitz PKM. Alginate Dressings Continuously for 14 Days on Uncontaminated, Superficial, Partial Thickness Burns. J Burn Care Res. 2023 Jul 5;44(4):905-911.

Bertram KM, Botting RA, Baharlou H, Rhodes JW, Rana H, Graham JD, Patrick E, Fletcher J, Plasto TM, Truong NR, Royle C, Doyle CM, Tong O, Nasr N, Barnouti L, Kohout MP, Brooks AJ, Wines MP, Haertsch P, Lim J, Gosselink MP, Ctercteko G, Estes JD, Churchill MJ, Cameron PU, Hunter E, Haniffa MA, Cunningham AL, Harman AN. Identification of HIV transmitting CD11c+ human epidermal dendritic cells. Nat Commun. 2019 Jun 21;10(1):2759.

Clayton NA, Haertsch PA, Maitz PK, Issler-Fisher AC. Ablative Fractional Resurfacing in Acute Care Management of Facial Burns: A New Approach to Minimize the Need for Acute Surgical Reconstruction. J Burn Care Res. 2019 Apr 26;40(3):368-372.

Issler-Fisher AC, Fisher OM, Smialkowski AO, Li F, van Schalkwyk CP, Haertsch P, Maitz PKM. Ablative fractional CO2 laser for burn scar reconstruction: An extensive subjective and objective short-term outcome analysis of a prospective treatment cohort. Burns. 2017 May;43(3):573-582.

Liang, D. & Dusseldorp, Joseph & Schalkwyk, C. & Haertsch, P.. (2016). Bowtie technique—a novel approach to correct the widened ventral labia majora after male-to-female gender reassignment surgery. European Journal of Plastic Surgery. 39. 10.1007/s00238-016-1191-9.

Issler-Fisher AC, Fakin RM, Fisher OM, McKew G, Gazzola R, Rauch AK, Gottlieb T, Haertsch P, Guggenheim M, Giovanoli P, Maitz PK. Microbiological findings in burn patients treated in a general versus a designated intensive care unit: Effect on length of stay. Burns. 2016 Dec;42(8):1805-1818.

Leung GH, Gray TJ, Cheong EY, Haertsch P, Gottlieb T. Persistence of related bla-IMP-4 metallo-beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae from clinical and environmental specimens within a burns unit in Australia - a six-year retrospective study. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2013 Dec 18;2(1):35.

Ngo Q, Haertsch P. Vulvar leiomyoma in association with gastrointestinal leiomyoma. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2011 Oct;51(5):468-9.

Clayton NA, Ledgard JP, Haertsch PA, Kennedy PJ, Maitz PK. Rehabilitation of speech and swallowing after burns reconstructive surgery of the lips and nose. J Burn Care Res. 2009 Nov-Dec;30(6):1039-45.

Khalessi A, Maitz P, Haertsch P, Kennedy P. Burns. Adult burn injuries due to domestic barbeques in New South Wales. 2008 Nov;34(7):1002-5.

Kennedy PJ, Young WM, Deva AK, Haertsch PA. Burns and amputations: a 24-year experience. J Burn Care Res. 2006 Mar-Apr;27(2):183-8.

Kennedy PJ, Haertsch PA, Maitz PK. The Bali burn disaster: implications and lessons learned. J Burn Care Rehabil. 2005 Mar-Apr;26(2):125-31.

Baqain E, Haertsch P, Kennedy P. Complete recovery following a high voltage electrical injury associated with delayed onset of quadriplegia and multiple cranial nerves dysfunction. Burns. 2004 Sep;30(6):603-5.

Hunt JA, Moisidis E, Haertsch P. Initial experience of Integra in the treatment of post-burn anterior cervical neck contracture. Br J Plast Surg. 2000 Dec;53(8):652-8.

Higgs JE, Chong A, Haertsch P, Sekel R, Leicester A. An unusual cause of thigh pain after total hip arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 1995 Apr;10(2):203-4.

Stern HS, Haertsch P. Local recurrence and intracerebral spread of squamous cell carcinoma of the scalp. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1990 Feb;85(2):284-8.

Haertsch PA. The blood supply to the skin of the leg: a post-mortem investigation. Br J Plast Surg. 1981 Oct;34(4):470-77.