Silastic foam dressing for skin graft donor sites—A preliminary report

K.G. Harding; Gill Richardson; L.E. Hughes

doi:10.1016/0007-1226(80)90106-X

Research Article| Volume 33, ISSUE 4, P418-421, October 1980

Silastic foam dressing for skin graft donor sites—A preliminary report

K.G. Harding, M.B., Ch.B.
K.G. Harding
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University Department of Surgery, Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
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Gill Richardson, S.R.N.
Gill Richardson
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University Department of Surgery, Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
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Professor L.E. Hughes, F.R.A.C.S.
L.E. Hughes
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Address for reprints: Professor L. E. Hughes, F.R.A.C.S., University Department of Surgery, Welsh National School of Medicine, Health Park, Cardiff, CF4 4XN.
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0007-1226(80)90106-X

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Abstract

A new technique for the management of skin graft donor sites is described. The wound is dressed immediately with a non-adherent sheet of silastic foam dressing. Experience in 21 patients has shown that patient discomfort is minimal and healing rapid and predictable within 14 days.

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