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Study aim
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Comparison of repair with Eloderm and individual skin graft in terms of recovery time, cost, contouring and sensation
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Design
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Phase two on two groups of 25 people will be randomly randomized, one will be repaired with autograft and the other will be repaired with allograft. The study is one-sided blind and only the patients do not know about the type of surgery and treatment selected. Also, this study will be conducted with parallel groups.
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Settings and conduct
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Performing reconstructive surgery for hand injuries in patients referred to Hazrat Fatemeh Hospital. The selection of the type of repair is explained based on the random selection and will be based on a lottery, in one group the repair will be done with allograft from cadaver and in the other group, the repair will be done with the person's own full-thickness autograft. In this study, only the participants did not know about the type of surgery, and the researcher and evaluator of the information were aware of the type of surgery, so the study is single-blind
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: Complete skin damage of fingers and hand at volar or palmar level, People between 18 and 60 years old
Exclusion criteria: People with a history of connective tissue disease and vascular collagen, People with a history of Steroid use, Smokers, Wounds with bone surfaces and open tendons
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Intervention groups
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In one group, repair is done with hypotenar full thickness autograft, and in the intervention group, repair is done using Eloderm dressing along with split thickness autograft, which is a thin layer of epidermis
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Main outcome variables
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Evaluation of patients in terms of sensation, graft contouring, skin color, recovery time, treatment cost and duration of surgery