Silicone Gel Sheeting for Stabilization of Skin Grafts
| Autor: | Orgun Deren, Eksal Kargi, Tayfun Aköz, Metin Görgü, Bülent Erdoğan, Gürcan Aslan |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Maltepe Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi |
| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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inorganic chemicals
Skin staplers medicine.medical_specialty integumentary system business.industry technology industry and agriculture Dermatology General Medicine equipment and supplies medicine.disease complex mixtures Surgery stomatognathic diseases chemistry.chemical_compound surgical procedures operative Hematoma Silicone chemistry Seroma medicine business Wound healing |
| Zdroj: | Dermatologic Surgery. 24:1073-1076 |
| ISSN: | 1076-0512 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1998.tb04077.x |
| Popis: | background. Success of skin grafts depends on sufficient immobilization and early intervention for hematoma, seroma, or infection. objective. To stabilize and cover skin grafts with a tie-over technique using translucent silicone gel sheet. methods. Twenty-seven skin defects were resurfaced with skin grafts. A sterile silicone gel sheet was placed over the skin graft. Gel was fixed to the wound edges with skin staplers. results. All grafts healed without any complication. conclusion. Using silicone gel sheeting on 27 skin grafts, we found that it is an effective method for stabilization and allows direct visualization of the graft in order to inspect hematoma-like complications. |
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