FENESTRATED NON-ADHESIVE PLASTER FOR SKIN-GRAFTING.

Skin-Grafting

Skin temperatures generated following plaster splint application.

Heat is generated during the exothermic reaction associated with plaster splint application. The amount of heat generated is affected by the plaster thickness, dipping water temperature, and extremity elevation method. The authors assessed the effect of these variables on skin and plaster temperatures. Short-leg posterior splints were applied to noninjured extremities on a volunteer using 2 pro...

Skin Grafting of Burns

This book outlines the essential points of care which have proved of benefit in treating a large series of patients with full-thickness loss of skin and requiring skin grafting, at the Washington University Medical School Children's Hospital and Barnes Hospital, during the course of a long period. In the first chapter, the authors stato : ' In the extensive literature on burn's, there has been ...

Useful tips for successful skin grafting.

Skin grafting is a common operative method widely used in the field of plastic, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgery. However, we offer five suggestions to reduce complications and surgical invasiveness. Our tips are as follows. (1) Skin grafts should be harvested on the basis of a swimsuit with high-cut leg openings. (2) A drum dermatome is still useful when a split-thickness skin graft is ne...

Some Notes on Skin Grafting

Mode of operation.?A small piece of the skin was taken up by means of an ordinary dressing forceps, and with a sharp scalpel it was cut, or rather shaved off, care being taken, if possiable, to avoid drawing blood. The piece removed was never more than an eighth of in inch in diameter, aud wa3 generally divided into two or more smaller portions upon the thumb nail, each division being placed se...