Facial skin injury caused by acrylate-based adhesive tapes in a post-menopausal patient: A preventable cause

Durapore vs. Hy-Tape for securing endotracheal tubes during general anaesthesia: a prospective randomised controlled non-inferiority trial

“…Although a variety of adhesive tapes are used in clinical practice, little is known about the relative likelihood of adhesives in producing injury among patients undergoing general anaesthesia. Several case reports have shown facial skin injuries from the ETT securing tape after standard extubation in at-risk patients, prompting interest in the role of the adhesive material in producing injury [ 4 – 7 ]. Recently, differences in postoperative eyelid erythema were found with 2 commonly used adhesives [ 8 ].…”