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NCT Number: NCT05371171

Management of Skin Graft Donor Site Wound in Aged Patient

The complication of donor site in skin grafting often acts as a causing factor for extended treatment period. The elderly individuals tend to be afflicted by impaired wound healing. Herein, the investigators presented the outcome of skin regrafting in the elderly patients.

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Key information

Conditions

Skin Regrafting; Donor Site of Skin Grafting; Vancouver Scar Scale

Age range

60 month–99 month

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Wan Fang Hospital

Taipei County, Taiwan

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All patient who need to perform skin grafting surgery

Exclusion criteria

  • All patient who cannot be half or general anesthetized
  • severe comorbidities

Treatment and study plan

Skin Graft

Procedure

In the experimental group, the operative plan was to consider taking a 15% larger amount than necessary and replace over-harvested skin back onto the donor site in an island manner. Any remaining skin graft was returned to the donor site and a polyurethane dressing [Alleyvn, Smith, & Nephew] was placed on the regrafted skin for fixation

no skin graft

Procedure

In the experimental group, the operative plan was to consider taking a 15% larger amount than necessary and replace over-harvested skin back onto the donor site in an island manner. Any remaining skin graft was returned to the donor site and a polyurethane dressing [Alleyvn, Smith, & Nephew] was placed on the regrafted skin for fixation

Primary outcomes

  1. healing time

    Time frame: three months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
May 12, 2022
Registry last updated
May 12, 2022

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