title: Optimizing skin graft take in children's hand burns--the use of silastic foam dressings.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Regional Children's Burns Unit, Booth Hall Hospital, Blackley, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers