Division of Plastic Surgical procedure, Sri Ramachandra College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Summary
INTRODUCTION
After harvesting the cut up pores and skin graft dermis is uncovered on the donor web site, ensuing generally with postoperative ache. The donor web site ache within the post-operative interval might be assessed by numerical ache score (NPR) scale. On this examine collagen sheet was used for protecting the donor web site after cut up thickness pores and skin graft harvest.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Evaluation of post-operative ache was carried out by NPR scale from 0 to 10 (11-point scale), with the understanding that 0 represents one finish of the ache depth (no ache) and 10 represents the opposite excessive of ache severity (insufferable ache). On the tenth post-operative day when the superficial dressing was modified by the surgeon, ache was recorded by employees nurse with out seeing the wound. The employees nurse was not conscious whether or not affected person had collagen or petroleum gauze dressing.
RESULTS
Analysis of outcomes from assessments, Levene’s check of equality of variances and unbiased t-test confirmed that the examine group had much less ache. Unbiased t-test worth of examine group and management group was analysed [Table 5]. Thus, collagen sheet was discovered to be superior to petroleum gauze dressing in lowering the ache within the donor web site.
DISCUSSION
This is because of safety from dehydration and mechanical harm and avoidance of contamination.[6] Comparability between collagen dressing and polyurethane confirmed that collagen was superior in lowering the discomfort and growing therapeutic.[7] Collagen dressings assist to take care of a moist wound setting which is vital for higher wound therapeutic.[8,9] The position of collagen dressing in higher ache management and superior wound therapeutic is present in literature.[1,2,3] Collagen sheets, when utilized to a wound, not solely promote angiogenesis, but in addition improve physique’s restore mechanisms. Collagen is a biomaterial that encourages wound therapeutic by deposition and organisation of freshly fashioned fibres within the wound mattress, thus creating a superb setting for wound therapeutic.
CONCLUSION
We conclude that ache reduction was superior with collagen sheet dressing in comparison with petroleum gauze dressing and was statistically important (P < 0.05).