How to dress donor sites of split thickness skin grafts: a prospective, randomised study of four dressings

We investigated the effects of four dressings on donor sites of split thick ness skin grafts. Eighty patients undergoing elective split thickness skin grafting were randomly allocated to one of four groups. The dressings were paraffin gauze, polyurethane foam, polyethane film, and polyurethane film. The main outcome measures were pain and discomfort, healing of donor sites, and time to remove dressings. Polyurethane film caused less pain and disco mfort and was also easiest to remove. There were no differences in healing among the four groups.