Three donor site dressings in pediatric split-thickness skin grafts: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
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Three donor site dressings in pediatric split-thickness skin grafts: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
BACKGROUND For children requiring split-thickness skin grafting for burn injury, the optimum donor site dressing is an ongoing subject of debate. The most common dressings in use, both regionally and worldwide, are calcium alginates. We will compare an alginate with two other dressings, all of which are in current use in the Pegg Leditschke Paediatric Burns Centre (PLPBC), to determine which dr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Trials
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1745-6215
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0557-9