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1Ankara Numune Community Hospital, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinic, Turkey.
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.
