A Randomized Comparison Study of Aquacel Ag and Glucan II as Donor Site Dressings

University of California, Irvine20 enrolled

Overview

The research will be looking at patient outcomes for healing of donor sites after a split-thickness skin graft procedure for a burn or skin tissue loss. Donor site healing time, infection rate, cosmetic outcome, and patient's rating of pain will be compared between two donor site dressings, Glucan II and Aquacel Ag.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Burns

Interventions

Aquacel AgOTHER

Aquacel Ag will be applied to one donor site.

Glucan IIOTHER

Glucan II to be applied to a donor site on same patient for comparison

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Adults over age 18 who have sustained a 1 - 30% total body surface area burn or skin tissue loss and require skin grafting Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals under the age of 18.

Locations (1)

University of California Irvine Medical Center

Orange, California, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Healing time

Time frame: 7 - 14 days

Secondary Outcomes

Infection rate

Time frame: 1-21 days

Cosmetic outcome

Time frame: 6 months

Pain rating

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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