title: Comparing DuoDERM E with scarlet red in the treatment of split skin graft donor sites.
abstract: A prospective, randomised, controlled study compared DuoDERM E (DE) with scarlet red (SR) in the treatment of split skin graft donor areas in 60 patients. Healing and donor site comfort were significantly better in the DE group. There was no clinical infection in either group. The wound leakage rate was higher in the DE group, requiring an average of 0.8 replacement dressings per donor site as compared with an average of 0.04 for the SR group. An estimate of the cost per donor site for the first ten days of dressing is given.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Unit, Burwood Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Blake
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001458:Bandages / Q000191:economics; D047070:Bandages, Hydrocolloid; D003102:Colloids / Q000191:economics; D004396:Coloring Agents; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009779:Occlusive Dressings / Q000191:economics; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D001391:Azo Compounds; D003102:Colloids; D004396:Coloring Agents; C009213:Scarlet Red