Advances in skin & wound care
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Adv Skin Wound Care · Dec 2020
Randomized Controlled TrialEvaluation of Dried Amniotic Membrane on Wound Healing at Split-Thickness Skin Graft Donor Sites: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-blind Trial.
To evaluate the effect of amniotic membrane (AM) at split-thickness skin graft (STSG) donor sites. ⋯ Findings suggest that the use of AM is not superior to petrolatum gauze in terms of STSG healing rate; however, AM achieved better pain reduction and epithelialization on day 10.
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Adv Skin Wound Care · Dec 2020
Scarring at Donor Sites after Split-Thickness Skin Graft: A Prospective, Longitudinal, Randomized Trial.
To investigate if previous findings on the association between dressing treatments and subjective opinion on final donor site scar outcome using the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS) can be confirmed objectively. The previous study showed that patients dressed with hydrofiber covered with film were more satisfied with their donor site scars than patients receiving porcine xenograft or polyurethane foam dressings. ⋯ The investigators could not confirm previous associations between dressing treatment and long-term donor site scars. No associations between donor sites' healing times and final scarring were found. Hypopigmentation was reported in 15 of 17 donor sites evaluated.