Fixation of skin Grafts with a New Silicone Rubber Dressing (Mepitel®)

Abstract

A new silicone rubber dressing material, Mepitel® was tested as an alternative to SurfaSoft® and staples or sutures and a vaseline gauze for the fixation of 45 split skin grafts in 38 children. Almost all grafts took completely. No grafts was lost because of inadequate fixation. The main advantage over fixing the graft with SurfaSoft combined with staples, or a vaseline gauze combined with sutures, is that the removal of the dressing is painless, and neither the graft nor the wound is disturbed.

Key Words:

• split skin grafting
• Mepitel®
• graft take
• graft fixation