How to dress donor sites of split thickness skin grafts: A prospective, randomised study of four dressings

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-59

  Persson, Kerstin ^a   Salemark, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Donor site; Dressings; Paraffin gauze; Polyethane film; Polyurethane film; Polyurethane foam; Split thickness skin graft

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; POLYURETHAN; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0033913391     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310050160178     Document Type: Article

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