Comparing Modified Meek and Mesh Techniques

Comparing Mesh and Modified Meek Skin Grafting Techniques in Third Degree Burned Patients Referred to Burn Ward of Khatam-al-anbia Hospital, Irtan

This is a clinical trial study that compare two plastic surgery techniques in patients with third degree of burning and both techniques are used in all patients but in different areas of burning sites of the patients.

PATIENT REGISTRATION:

The patients are registered after careful examination for third degree of burning and based on the need for skin grafting and of course a written consent were acquired. Excluded patients were those with an infected lesion or those who did not allow us to enter them into the study.

Progression of the treatment results of both techniques were visited by the surgeon regularly.

At the end of the study the data were checked with other similar studies. The acquired data were compared to other external data sources via medical records.

There were two standard operating techniques: modified meek skin grafting technique and mesh skin grafting technique.

The data was analyzed by chi-square and t-test.

Inclusion Criteria:

• third degree of burning

Exclusion Criteria:

• infected lesions