The use of quilted full thickness skin grafts in the lower limb - reliable results with early mobilization

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 969-972

  Harvey, Isaac ^a   Smith, Stephen ^a   Patterson, Ian ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chloromycetin; Foot; FTSG; Full Thickness; Leg; Lower Limb; Quilt; Quilted; Skin Graft

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ARTICLE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GRAFT PRESERVATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; LIMB DEFECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EARLY AMBULATION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MELANOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 67649406073     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.10.082     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Bodenham D.C., and Watson R. The early ambulation of patients with lower limb grafts. Br J Plast Surg 24 (1971) 20-22
2. Sharpe D.T., Cardoso E., and Baheti V. The immediate mobilisation of patients with lower limb skin grafts: a clinical report. Br J Plast Surg 36 (1983 Jan) 105-108
3. Budny P.G., Lavelle P.J., Regan P., et al. Pretibial injuries in the elderly: a prospective trial of early mobilisation versus bed rest following surgical treatment. Br J Plast Surg 46 (1993) 594-598
4. Patterson I, Wong T. Quilting And Chloromycetin Ointment - An Effective Method To Manage Full Thickness Skin Grafts: PRS. 2006 Dec;118:1551-6
5. Liew S., Disa J., and Cordeiro P.G. Nipple-areolar reconstruction: a different approach to skin graft fixation and dressing. Ann Plast Surg 47 (2001 Dec) 608-611
6. McGregor I.A., and McGrouther D.A. Skin-graft reconstruction in carcinoma of the tongue. Head Neck Surg 1 (1978 Sep-Oct) 47-51
7. Davenport M., Daly J., Harvey I., et al. The bolus tie-over "pressure" dressing in the management of full thickness skin grafts. Is it necessary?. Br J Plast Surg 41 (1988 Jan) 28-32
8. Gaze N.R. Early mobilisation in the treatment of shin injuries. Injury 10 (1978) 209-210