Optimizing skin graft take in children's hand burns--the use of silastic foam dressings.
The use of silastic foam as a surgical dressing in 15 children with full thickness burns to the hand is described. Silastic foam is a safe, easy and effective means of dressing the hand following surgery. It is rigid enough to act as a splint, and at the same time is deformable and accommodates postoperative swelling.
Watson
S B
SB
Regional Children's Burns Unit, Booth Hall Hospital, Blackley, Manchester, UK.
Miller
J G
JG
D001458:Bandages; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006085:Graft Survival; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013165:Splints
D012826:Silicone Elastomers