Comparison Among Op-site, Polyvinyl Chloride Film
and Thlle Gauze in the Treatment of Skin Graft Donor
Sitet
THEERAPONG POONYAKARIYAGORN, M.D.*, WIMON SIRIMAHARAJ, M.D.**,
OPART PINCHAI, M.D.**, APICHAI ANGSPATT, M.D.*
Affiliation : * Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkom Univer
sity, Bangkok 10330,
** Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
t The study was presented in the 25'h Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal College of Thailand. Royal Cliff Beach
Resort Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand. July 16, 2000.
AbstractA prospective analytic study was performed at the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Chulalongkom Memorial University Hospital and the Depart
ment of Surgery, Chiang Mai University Hospital to compare among Polyvinyl chloride film (PVC
film), Op-site and tulle gauze in the treatment of skin graft donor site. From October 1998 to January
2000, 81 donor sites in the same number of patients were treated by three different methods; tulle
gauze (26 patients), Op-site (27 patients) and PVC film (28 patients). Each wound was followed
until it was completely healed and visual analogue scale was used for pain evaluation. Donor site
dressed with PVC film had a healing time of 10.44 days which was not different from Op-site
(10.54 days) but significantly faster (p
Keywords : PVC Film, Op-Site, Skin Graft Donor Site Dressing
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