Xeroform Gauze Bolster: A Cost-Effective Alternative to Synthetic Skin Grafts

This case presentation describes and justifies the use of petrolatum gauze that is impregnated with 3% bismuth tribromophenate (Xeroform) as a low-cost and effective alternative for synthetic skin grafts. Herein, we discuss clinical trials that demonstrate the benefits of utilizing Xeroform for seco...

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Autores principales: Johnson, Kelsey L, Papac, Nicole, Hirshburg, Jason M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10576980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37846243
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45307
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description This case presentation describes and justifies the use of petrolatum gauze that is impregnated with 3% bismuth tribromophenate (Xeroform) as a low-cost and effective alternative for synthetic skin grafts. Herein, we discuss clinical trials that demonstrate the benefits of utilizing Xeroform for second-intention healing as well as photographs of a case in which the authors used this method and followed a patient's wound-healing process over time.
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spelling pubmed-105769802023-10-16 Xeroform Gauze Bolster: A Cost-Effective Alternative to Synthetic Skin Grafts Johnson, Kelsey L Papac, Nicole Hirshburg, Jason M Cureus Dermatology This case presentation describes and justifies the use of petrolatum gauze that is impregnated with 3% bismuth tribromophenate (Xeroform) as a low-cost and effective alternative for synthetic skin grafts. Herein, we discuss clinical trials that demonstrate the benefits of utilizing Xeroform for second-intention healing as well as photographs of a case in which the authors used this method and followed a patient's wound-healing process over time. Cureus 2023-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10576980/ /pubmed/37846243 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45307 Text en Copyright © 2023, Johnson et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Xeroform Gauze Bolster: A Cost-Effective Alternative to Synthetic Skin Grafts
title Xeroform Gauze Bolster: A Cost-Effective Alternative to Synthetic Skin Grafts
title_full Xeroform Gauze Bolster: A Cost-Effective Alternative to Synthetic Skin Grafts
title_fullStr Xeroform Gauze Bolster: A Cost-Effective Alternative to Synthetic Skin Grafts
title_full_unstemmed Xeroform Gauze Bolster: A Cost-Effective Alternative to Synthetic Skin Grafts
title_short Xeroform Gauze Bolster: A Cost-Effective Alternative to Synthetic Skin Grafts
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10576980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37846243
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45307
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