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Tie-Over Dressings in Full-Thickness Skin Grafts |
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| Authors: | BENJAMIN PULVERMACKER MD MARC CHAOUAT MD DEBORAH SEROUSSI MD MAURICE MIMOUN MD |
| Affiliation: | Plastic, Aesthetic, Reconstructive and Burn Surgery Unit, Rothschild Hospital, and the Burn Unit, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Paris, France |
| Abstract: | BACKGROUND A full-thickness skin graft is often performed by tie-over dressing to compress and immobilize it. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the results of a full-thickness skin graft with tie-over dressing performed with the classic technique and with simple dressing. METHODS AND MATERIALS This was a prospective study in which 25 patients had tulle gras jelly tie-over dressing and 25 patients had a simple tulle gras dressing after full-thickness skin graft for nipple areola reconstruction. RESULTS Graft success on the fifth day was evaluated at 100% for patients with a simple dressing and at 99% for those with tie-over dressing. CONCLUSIONS In this study, simple dressing appeared to be at least as effective as the tie-over dressing. Simple dressing, however, was faster and left fewer residual marks than the tie-over dressing. |
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