Wounds
Conditions
Keywords
allografting
Brief summary
The rationale underlying the study is that donor site bleeding is common and often problematic when presenting to the burn surgeon or staff. Frequently, gauze wound dressings are not sufficiently hemostatic to control a donor site bleed thereby leading to administration of vasoconstrictive agents and repeated application of wound dressing/pressure. The hemostatic textile Stasilon™ has proven superior to gauze in reducing bleeding from anesthetized pigs undergoing standardized surgically-induced trauma. Also, observational case reports have noted cessation of bleeding in a limited number of human patients with difficult to control bleeds.
Interventions
DEVICEStasilon
Stasilon and gauze will be applied to donor site. Dressings will be collected and evaluated for amount of shed blood.
Sponsors
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* \>/= 18 years old * burn injury requiring allografting from donor site
Exclusion criteria
* \< 18 years * unable to give consent due to mental or emotional instability
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To compare the efficacy of a new hemostatic textile named Stasilon™ against standard wound dressings in controlling burn patient donor graft site bleeding. | At the time of surgery |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed