Lyophilised polyurethane membrane dressing for surgically-separated pseudosyndactyly in epidermolysis bullosa

Cengiz Cetin; A Aydan Köse; Yakup Karabağli; Mahmut Ozyilmaz

doi:10.1080/02844310310016430

Lyophilised polyurethane membrane dressing for surgically-separated pseudosyndactyly in epidermolysis bullosa

Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg. 2003;37(4):245-7. doi: 10.1080/02844310310016430.

Authors

Cengiz Cetin¹, A Aydan Köse, Yakup Karabağli, Mahmut Ozyilmaz

Affiliation

¹ Osmangazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Meşelik, Eskişehir, Türkiye.

PMID: 14582761
DOI: 10.1080/02844310310016430

Abstract

The results of paraffin gauze dressing and lyophilised polyurethane membrane dressing were studied in a patient with surgically-separated pseudosyndactyly of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. Polyurethane membrane dressing decreased the time to epithelialisation and the need for anaesthesia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bandages*
Child, Preschool
Epidermolysis Bullosa / complications*
Fingers / surgery
Freeze Drying
Hand Deformities, Acquired / etiology
Hand Deformities, Acquired / surgery*
Humans
Male
Membranes, Artificial*
Polyurethanes / therapeutic use*

Substances

Membranes, Artificial
Polyurethanes
omiderm