Use of Banana Leaf Dressing on Donor Site Wounds

University of the Philippines

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 2

Conditions: Burn

Treatments: Drug: Hydrocolloid Dressing (DuoDERM CGF); Device: Banana Leaf Dressing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02083900

NIH (TRB) 2005-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

Prospective Randomized double-blind controlled trial comparing the healing rate, infection rate, pain score, ease of care and scar formation of Banana leaf dressing versus hydrocolloid dressing.

Full description

Prospective Randomized double-blind controlled trial comparing the healing rate, infection rate, pain score, ease of care and scar formation of Banana leaf dressing versus hydrocolloid dressing.

Adult patients with no uncontrolled medical condition admitted at Philippine General Hospital Burn Center requiring split thickness skin graft for their burn. this is to compare the efficacy and safety of Banana Leaf Dressing with Hydrocolloid dressing among patients undergoing split thickness skin graft for their burn.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient undergoing harvesting of skin graft one or both thigh
• Surgery under general anesthesia
• Given informed consent and has accomplished a written inform consent

Exclusion criteria

• Patient with uncontrolled medical condition such as diabetes or hypertension
• Pregnant females
• Patients in whom legs or back was used as donor site
• Surgery under regional anesthesia
• Refused inclusion into the study
• Patients who had previous skin harvesting on the area of the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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10 participants in 2 patient groups

Banana Leaf Dressing Group

Experimental group

Description:

The Banana Leaf Dressing site will receive a single layer of banana leaf dressing

Treatment:

Device: Banana Leaf Dressing

Hydrocolloid Dressing Arm

Active Comparator group

Description:

The donor under Hydrocolloid dressing was covered with hydrocolloid (DuoDERM CGF).

Treatment:

Drug: Hydrocolloid Dressing (DuoDERM CGF)