Fig. 1

Flow diagram (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses—PRISMA) of the study inclusion process. *Reports excluded: Reason 1: had no or inadequate focus on inadequate focus on the efficacy of ADSCs in the treatment of burns; Reason 2: unavailable in the English language; Reason 3: irretrievable, Reason 4: no burn injury model, Reason 5: the depth extent of the burn was not defined