Tie-overs under pressure.
Dressings tied over skin grafts reduce the size of dead space, prevent haematoma formation, and immobilize the grafts [McCarthy, Plastic Surgery, 1990]. Their mechanism of action was thought to include the application of pressure to the bed and stabilization of the graft and dressing. A quantitative analysis of the pressure exerted by these dressings has never been reported [Wolf at al., Ann Plast Surg 40 (1998) 149]. This study measures the pressure exerted by tie-over dressings at the graft-bed interface and finds that no significant pressure is exerted.
Seymour
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE, UK.
Giele
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D001458:Bandages; D006801:Humans; D011312:Pressure; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*