TY - JOUR
T1 - Strategies to promote healing of split thickness skin grafts
T2 - An integrative review
AU - Achora, Susan
AU - Muliira, Joshua Kanaabi
AU - Thanka, Anita Nesa
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Skin grafts are commonly used to promote healing of shallow wounds and burns, and wound care nurses play an important role in management of wounds treated with grafting. The purpose of this article was to review recent findings regarding strategies to promote healing of split-thickness skin grafts including topical phenytoin or platelet-rich plasma prior to graft application, fibrin sealant, or negative pressure wound therapy to stabilize a graft and to promote close adherence of the graft to the underlying wound bed and adjunctive therapies such as laser.
AB - Skin grafts are commonly used to promote healing of shallow wounds and burns, and wound care nurses play an important role in management of wounds treated with grafting. The purpose of this article was to review recent findings regarding strategies to promote healing of split-thickness skin grafts including topical phenytoin or platelet-rich plasma prior to graft application, fibrin sealant, or negative pressure wound therapy to stabilize a graft and to promote close adherence of the graft to the underlying wound bed and adjunctive therapies such as laser.
KW - dressings
KW - evidence-based practice
KW - fi xation
KW - nursing care
KW - split thickness skin graft
KW - wound care
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U2 - 10.1097/WON.0000000000000035
DO - 10.1097/WON.0000000000000035
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24988511
AN - SCOPUS:84903998767
SN - 1071-5754
VL - 41
SP - 335
EP - 339
JO - Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing
JF - Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing
IS - 4
ER -