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Management of split skin graft donor sites--results of a national survey
1Odstock Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Salisbury District Hospital, Odstock, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP2 8BJ, UK. pmgeary@hotmail.com
Unlabelled:
The authors wished to obtain a 'snapshot' of the range of practice in the management of split skin graft donor sites in the British Isles.
Material/Methods:
Questionnaires were sent to all British consultants and locum consultant plastic surgeons on 1 July 2006. Of the 357 questionnaires, 279 were returned (a response rate of 78%).
Results:
Alginates were the most popular dressings, especially in adult donor sites--first choice for 167 respondents (60%). Adhesive fabrics were less popular--first choice for small adult donor areas for 46 respondents (16%). Plastic film dressings and Biobrane were even less popular--being the first choice for small and large donor areas, respectively, in children (for approximately 5% of respondents). Ten percent of respondents said they avoid paraffin gauze and another 10% avoid plastic film dressings in all cases. Five percent avoid hydrocolloid and another 5% avoid adhesive fabric in all cases.
Conclusion:
On the basis of these results, we feel that any future study of donor-site dressings should incorporate the most commonly used dressing (alginate) as a control.
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