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KMID : 0853020160190010021
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Journal of Korean Burn Society
2016 Volume.19 No. 1 p.21 ~ p.25
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Effect of Wound Healing by Physiotulleⓡ in Donor Site of Split-Thickness Skin Graft
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Jeong Woon-Hyeok
Yun Tae-Bin
Choi Jae-Hoon
Kim Jun-Hyung
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Abstract
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Purpose: Split thickness skin graft (STSG) is frequently used for reconstructing wounds. The treatment of split-thickness donor sites demands several factors: maintenance a moist condition, minimization of pain, promotion of re-epithelization and ease of care. We have performed a study to evaluate ef-ficacy of Physiotulle® for donor site management.
Methods: A prospective study was conducted from June 2015 to December 2015 and included 20 patients undergoing surgery for reconstructive purposes with the use of STSG. The grafts harvested with a same manner and the donor sites were man-aged with one of the two dressing material: Physiotulle® or Bactigras®. We campared post-operative pain scale, bleeding of donor site, period of re-epithelization and donor site infection.
Results: All of 20 patients were well healed after application of Physiotulle® or Bactigras® dressing without any com-plications. Pain level was similar between two groups until 3 days after operation but Physiotulle® (4.1±0.233) showed significant (P＜0.01) pain increasing on 7 days after oper-ation compared with Bactigras® (2.9±0.277). The bleeding in-dex score on 7 days after operation of Physiotulle® (2.5± 0.167) was higher than Bactigras® (2.0±0.211) but there is no difference. Statistically (**P＜0.01), the period of re-eopithe-lization of Physiotulle® (13.50±0.87) was significantly shorten than Bactigras® (17.25±0.65).
Conclusion: Physiotulle® is effective in re-epithelization. We recommend applying ointment on donor site when exudate is minimized, about 7 days after operation to prevent ag-gravation of pain and bleeing of donor site. (J
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KEYWORD
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Physiotulle®, Donor site, Skin graft, Wound healing
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