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A novel extracorporeal treatment, CytoSorb<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> (CytoSorbents Corp, USA), is a whole blood adsorber composed of highly biocompatible and porous polystyrene divinylbenzene copolymer beads covered in a polyvinylpyrrolidone coating. It is capable of extracting mainly hydrophobic middle-sized (up to 55 kDa) molecules from blood <jats:italic>via<\/jats:italic> size exclusion, including cytokines and bilirubin. We performed therapy with CytoSorb<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> on a severely burned (48% Total Body Surface Area-TBSA) patient with secondary sclerosing cholangitis (SCC) to promote the wound healing process by reducing bilirubin concentrations and to bridge the time to spontaneous liver regeneration or eventually to liver transplantation after two skin transplantations had failed to provide wound closure. In the first 6 days the cartridge was changed on a daily basis and later after every 2\u20134 days. The therapy with six adsorbers decreased a total bilirubin concentration from 14.02 to 4.29 mg\/dl. By maintaining a stable bilirubin concentration under 5 mg\/dl, debridement of abdomen and upper extremities with autologous skin grafting and, 4 weeks later, autologous skin grafting of the back from scrotum and lower extremities were performed successfully. After wound healing had been achieved, the CytoSorb therapy was discontinued after 57 days and 27 adsorber changes. 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