Barendse-Hofmann M G, van Doorn L P, Oskam J, Steenvoorde P
Department of Surgery, Rijnland Hospital Leiderdorp, the Netherlands.
J Wound Care. 2007 Nov;16(10):455-8. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2007.16.10.27913.
Surgeons at a Dutch wound clinic close open wounds with split-skin grafts. Concerns about the risk of postoperative complications in some patients led them to find an alternative option. Use of an extracellular matrix dressing was effective.