Traditional portable vacuum dressings versus simple non-mechanized negative pressure dressings in the treatment of lower limb split thickness skin grafting.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Split thickness skin grafting to lower limbSurgery - Other surgery
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12609000454279
- Lead Sponsor
- Gold Coast Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 24
Inclusion Criteria
patients requiring split thickness skin grafting of lower limb
Exclusion Criteria
Patient not requiring split thickness skin grafting of the lower limb
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 5/6 day graft survival[Operations and follow up were performed between July 2008 and January 2009];day 5 graft survival as assessed by health care professionals upon removal of graft at this time.[5/6 days post-op is the recognised gold standard for removal of dressing and assessment of graft take]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method nil[nil]