The Kerlix tongue-depressor splint for skin-grafted areas in burned children.
A simple, sterile splint to ensure skin take and to immobilize joints in burned children who have grafted wounds is described. It consists of sterile tongue depressors placed 2 to 3 cm apart on the circumference of the limb and entwined at various layers with wrapped Kerlix. In our practice this device is advantageous because of its evaporative properties; it is lightweight and easily removed.
Kaufman
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Department of Plastic Surgery & Burn Unit, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Newman
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Weinberg
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A
Wexler
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MR
D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013165:Splints