The Use of Split-Thickness Skin Grafts on Diabetic Foot Ulcerations: A Literature Review
Table 2
Postoperative courses.
Lead author
Dressings to recipient site
Antibiotics
Postop Weight bearing
1st dressing change
FU appointments
Mahmoud
Paraffin gauze, diluted povidone-iodine- soaked gauze, sterile gauze and roll bandage
N/A
Off-loading as required
post-op day 5
5 days, 2 wks, 3 wks, 8 wks, monthly
Puttirutvong
Non-adhesive gauze, wet swab with NSS and mild pressure outer layer
N/A
Weight bearing status not detailed
post-op day 1
N/A
Ramanujam
Bolster dressing: sterile nonadherent petrolatum gauze, several sterile plain sponges moistened in saline attached with skin staples, short leg cast/posterior splint
>2 wks oral with + wound cultures
Non-weight bearing in short leg cast or posterior splint × 3-4 wks
3-4 wks post-op
every 2 wks x 2 months, every 3-4 months once healed
Younes
Sterile nitrofurazone dressing, gauze, backslap of plaster of Paris for 1-2 wks
N/A
Post-op splint × 1-2 wks
post-op day 3 or 4
N/A
Abbreviations: N/A, not applicable; postop, postoperative; FU, Follow-up wks; weeks, NSS, normal sterile saline.
