PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - FEDERICO DE GADO AU - STEFANO CHIUMMARIELLO AU - CRISTIANO MONARCA AU - LUCA ANDREA DESSY AU - MARIA IDA RIZZO AU - CARMINE ALFANO AU - NICOLÒ SCUDERI TI - Skin Grafting: Comparative Evaluation of Two Dressing Techniques in Selected Body Areas DP - 2008 Jul 01 TA - In Vivo PG - 503--508 VI - 22 IP - 4 4099 - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/22/4/503.short 4100 - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/22/4/503.full SO - In Vivo2008 Jul 01; 22 AB - Background: Skin grafting is a frequent surgical procedure used to reconstruct a soft-tissue deficit. Tie-over bolster dressing is the traditional technique made to fix the graft to the recipient area. This dressing does not always provide satisfactory results in some difficult body areas, with poor skin graft taking as an outcome. Here, we used a soft “polyurethane sponge” as a compressive tool. Materials and Methods: A therapeutic protocol was used to select patients, splitting them into 2 groups: tie-over bolster dressing versus polyurethane sponge. Data analysis and calculation of sample size were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences Windows version 13.0. Results: Of the 106 patients treated by traditional compressive dressing, 11 had complications, thus achieving a success rate of 89.6% . Of the 106 patients treated by polyurethane sponge dressing, 3 had complications, providing a success rate of 97.1% . Conclusion: Compared with the conventional tie-over dressing, the sponge dressing technique was demonstrated to be more successful in graft taking in selected areas.