Primary split skin grafts for pretibial lacerations

Mobilisation versus Bed Rest after Skin Grafting Pretibial Lacerations: A Meta-Analysis

Pretibial lacerations are problematic and best managed by surgical debridement, then skin grafting. Traditional postoperative care involves bed rest to optimise graft survival. This meta-analysis assesses early mobilisation versus bed rest for skin graft healing of these wounds. Medline, Embase, Cochrane, Cinahl, and Google Scholar databases were searched. Analyses were performed on appropriate...

Scalp as a donor site for split thickness skin grafts.

BACKGROUND Use of scalp as a donor site was reported for the first time in 1964. Since then, authors have described scalp as a donor site, which heals rapidly and re-growth of hair conceals the donor site. This study was aimed at evaluation of scalp as donor site by calculating the healing time, and frequency of post-operative complications. METHODS This was a descriptive study and was conduc...

Microfenestrated split thickness skin grafts: an underused technique?

Methods in obtaining split-thickness skin grafts from skin reduction surgery specimens

BACKGROUND To devise a method for obtaining bacterial culture-negative split-thickness skin grafts from specimens removed from living donors undergoing skin reduction surgery. METHODS Specimens were obtained from patients undergoing abdominal skin reduction surgery in inpatient and outpatient surgical settings. Skin specimens were cleaned in a method adapted from the former Yale Skin Bank's m...

New anaesthetic formulation for epicutaneous application tested for cutting split skin grafts.

Ane-Pad (A 2358, Astra Lakemedel AB), a new local anesthetic formulation for application to the skin has been tested in the removal of split skin grafts. Ane-Pad is a thin cotton pad, containing a solution of 10% ketocaine base in a solvent mixture of isopropanol, glycerol and water. The pad has been used on the donor sites of 173 patients with a minimum application time of 1 h before surgery. ...