[Comparison of occlusive dressing and vaseline gauze on the skin graft donor site wound healing].

OBJECTIVE

To observe the effect of occlusive environment on wound healing of the skin graft donor site.

METHODS

The wound healing of the skin graft donor site in adults was studied by clinic observation, histological, histochemical and electromicroscopical examinations.

RESULTS

The wound under an occlusive moisture environment healed faster and the inflammation was more serious at the early stage of wound healing while the macrophages appeared more and earlier.

CONCLUSIONS

The wound of a skin graft donor site in an occlusive moist condition would heal faster than that covered with conventional Vaseline gauze. The more serious inflammation and the more macrophages may be related to the result.