Plastic and reconstructive surgery
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Jul 2013
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyProspective randomized controlled trial: fibrin sealant reduces split skin graft donor-site pain.
Pain at split skin graft donor sites is common. Fibrin sealant has been demonstrated to reduce time to hemostasis at wound sites, and patients receiving this treatment were incidentally noted to report less pain. This study aimed to evaluate pain and incapacity in split skin graft donor sites treated with and without fibrin sealant. ⋯ Therapeutic, II.
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Jul 2013
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyDigital animation versus textbook in teaching plastic surgery techniques to novice learners.
The authors present a prospective, randomized, blinded trial comparing the educational efficacy of digital animation versus a textbook in teaching the Ivy loop technique to novice learners. ⋯ A prospective, randomized, blinded study comparing the educational efficacy of a surgical textbook to digital animation demonstrates that, in novice learners, digital animation is a more effective tool for learning the Ivy loop technique. Test takers found digital animation to be the superior educational medium.