Annals of plastic surgery
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Annals of plastic surgery · Jul 2019
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyEffects of Dressing Materials on Donor Site Morbidity: A Comparative Study at a Tertiary Hospital in Kenya.
Skin graft donor wounds should heal with rapid epithelialization resulting in good aesthetic and minimal donor site morbidity. Several dressing materials are now available for the dressing of the donor sites. Few studies have, however, been done to compare the efficacy of these dressing materials. ⋯ Paraffin gauze dressed wounds were the most infected at 22%. In conclusion, all the 4 dressing materials had different scores among the factors assessed. Hydrocolloids dressings and silver hydrofiber dressing would, however, be the preferred dressing materials for the donor site based on these study findings as reflected by the high epithelialization low infection rates and less pain.