Adhesive retention dressings are more comfortable than alginate dressings on split-skin-graft donor sites

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 498-503

  Hormbrey, E ^a   Pandya, A ^a   Giele, H ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesive retention dressing; Donor; Kaltostat; Mefix; Pain; Skin graft

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALGINATE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DONOR SITE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; STANDARD; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0041854429     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00195-4     Document Type: Article

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