The use of Mepitel® instead of tie-over dressing for lower-limb split skin grafts

August 25th, 2008 by admin

Abstract  Traditionally, tie-over dressings hit been utilised to bonded separate broadness wound grafts in place, preventing conjoin failure.
These haw still inform problems when immobile onto ethereal skin, specially on the modify limb. We inform an alternative
method of securing the separate wound conjoin using a Mepitel® dressing, which we hit institute reduces the possibleness for fleecy tissue
alteration close the graft.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Ideas and Innovations
  • DOI 10.1007/s00238-008-0284-5
  • Authors
    • Sarah E. Bache, Northern General Hospital Department of Reconstructive Plastic and comedian Surgery Herries Road metropolis S5 7AU UK
    • Ruben Y. Kannan, Northern General Hospital Department of Reconstructive Plastic and comedian Surgery Herries Road metropolis S5 7AU UK
    • David R. Ralston, Northern General Hospital Department of Reconstructive Plastic and comedian Surgery Herries Road metropolis S5 7AU UK

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