Dressed to heal: new options for graft site dressing.
To ensure the close apposition and immobilization required for survival of full thickness skin grafts, the traditional method is to use pexing sutures or tie-over pressure dressings. In certain areas, such as around the eye, other methods are required because either a concave or convex surface prevents adequate pressure, or the use of sutures as ties produces distortion of anatomical free margins. Alternative dressing methods include; telfa chips kept in place by a pressure pad; calcium alginate (which has the advantages of assisting haemostasis and absorbing serous discharge) under a pressure pad; and extra thin hydrocolloid dressings which decrease slough and are less conspicuous than other dressings.
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Toowoomba Eye and Skin Clinic, Australia.
D000042:Absorption; D000464:Alginates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001458:Bandages / Q000145:classification; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003102:Colloids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004867:Equipment Design; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D020723:Glucuronic Acid; D006085:Graft Survival; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D006801:Humans; D011312:Pressure; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013499:Surface Properties; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014945:Wound Healing
D000464:Alginates; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003102:Colloids; D006490:Hemostatics; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D002701:Chloramphenicol; D020723:Glucuronic Acid