Knowledge and awareness on deceased donor skin harvest among intensive care units' staffs in national hospital of Sri Lanka

Introduction: Skin coverage is a greatest challenge in severe burns when the donor sites are limited. Early skin cover is important to reduce morbidity and mortality in severe burns. We use to harvest skin from cadavers at intensive care units (ICUs) for temporary cover of excised burn wounds. As we...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sivasuganthan Kanesu, Gayan Ekanayake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Burns
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.ijburns.com/article.asp?issn=0971-653X;year=2021;volume=29;issue=1;spage=36;epage=39;aulast=Kanesu