Affiliation:
1. MS., MCh, Assistant Professor, Department Of Plastic Surgery, RIMS, Ranchi 834002.
Abstract
For the skin grafting to have favourable outcome in wounds it is very important that the graft has a constant adherence to the wound base without
any shear. Moreover, there should not be any exudative uid or blood in the base of the skin graft. Conventionally limb immobilization is done by
using splintage which causes discomfort to the patients. it is essential to know about effect of negative pressure wound therapy on take of skin graft
when no splintage is provided and its effect on regrafting. 120 patients with different traumas were treated with NPWT with skin graft without
splint application. Hospital stay was noted. The Percentage of patients with >90% graft take was noted and compared to previous studies. 112
patients had more than 90% graft take. 8 patients had 70-90% graft take. None of the patients require regrafting. NPWT is a method to secure graft
without the need for splintage. It optimises the wound environment. The skin graft uptake rate is excellent. The need for reoperation is minimal.
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