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Use of Fibrin Sealant for Split-Thickness Skin Grafts in Patients with Hand Burns: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Advances in Skin & Wound Care 2018 December
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of fibrin sealant as a topical hemostatic agent and for graft fixation during skin grafting of hand burns.
METHODS: This prospective cohort study enrolled 40 patients with hand burns from January 2013 to December 2016. They were all treated with excision and split-thickness skin graft and divided into the fibrin sealant with tourniquet group (20 patients) and epinephrine tumescence group (20 patients).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Demographic and clinical data such as age, sex, burn characteristics, operation time, estimated blood loss, and take rate were collected from each patient.
MAIN RESULTS: The demographic and burn characteristics were not statistically different between the two groups. Estimated blood loss per cm (0.30 vs 1.00; P < .001) was significantly lower and the graft take rate (99.2% vs 98.2%; P = .032) was significantly higher in the fibrin sealant with tourniquet group.
CONCLUSIONS: The use of fibrin sealants accompanied by tourniquets for hand burns exhibited superior results in terms of decreasing blood loss and had a better graft take rate compared with treatment with epinephrine tumescence.
METHODS: This prospective cohort study enrolled 40 patients with hand burns from January 2013 to December 2016. They were all treated with excision and split-thickness skin graft and divided into the fibrin sealant with tourniquet group (20 patients) and epinephrine tumescence group (20 patients).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Demographic and clinical data such as age, sex, burn characteristics, operation time, estimated blood loss, and take rate were collected from each patient.
MAIN RESULTS: The demographic and burn characteristics were not statistically different between the two groups. Estimated blood loss per cm (0.30 vs 1.00; P < .001) was significantly lower and the graft take rate (99.2% vs 98.2%; P = .032) was significantly higher in the fibrin sealant with tourniquet group.
CONCLUSIONS: The use of fibrin sealants accompanied by tourniquets for hand burns exhibited superior results in terms of decreasing blood loss and had a better graft take rate compared with treatment with epinephrine tumescence.
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