Silastic foam dressing for skin graft donor sites—A preliminary report

Foam elastomer dressing in the management of a below-knee amputation stump with delayed healing

“…The use of Silastic foam dressings has been described before by Wood and Hughes, 1975;Wood et al, 1977; Harding and Richardson, 1979; Harding et al, 1980; Regnard andMeehan, 1982 andShukla, 1982. In all, the foam dressing was comfortable, reduced nursing workload and allowed healing to occur.…”

The Use of a Silicone Foam Dressing in the Management of Malignant Oral‐Cutaneous Fistula

“…The first report was in the treatment of pilondal sinus (1). Subsequent adaptations of the method have used silicone foam dressings for other types of granulating wounds such as bed sores (2, 3, 4), diabetic gangrene of the foot (2), skin graft donor sites (5), wound dehiscence and abdominal wall wound breakdown (3, 4), perineal wounds after abdomino‐perineal excision of the rectum (2, 4, 6), in healing abdominal fistulas (7) and after radical excision for hidranenitis suppurativa (8). In all of these examples, the wounds were progressively healing, and new, smaller dressings were needed at approximately weekly intervals until epithelialisation was complete.…”

Foam Elastomer and Gauze Dressings in the Management of Open Perineal Wounds: A Cost‐Effectiveness Study

“…Several studies 2,5 have been performed to evaluate the use of foam elastomer dressings and it is generally accepted that the method is simple to use and associated with substantially less pain both generally and at the time of dressing changes for the patient. Some studies have suggested that this method involves less nursing time, 1 enhances the rate of wound healing 2 and may facilitate an earlier return to work for the patient.…”