Modified bolster dressing with continuous suction improves skin graft survival for an oral cavity wound

Table 1 Case series and outcomes (Modified bolster with continuous suction)

Case No.	Gender/Age	Primary site	Pathology	pT	Size of defect (cm)	Type of skin graft	Duration of continuous suction (day)	Outcomes
1	F/ 57	FOM	MEC	pT2	3.5 × 2	FTSG	6	S
2	M/ 49	Tongue	SCC	pT1	5 × 3.5	FTSG	4	PS
3	M/ 53	FOM	SCC	pT1	7 × 3^a	FTSG	3	F
4	M/ 62	FOM	SCC	pT1	4 × 2	FTSG	4	S
5	M/ 53	FOM	SCC	pT1	4.5 × 2.5	STSG	6	S
6	M/ 43	Tongue	SCC	pT1	3.5 × 3	FTSG	10	S
7	M/ 79	Tongue	SCC	pT1	7 × 4^a	STSG	7	S
8	M/ 59	FOM	SCC	pT1	5 × 4	STSG	7	S
9	M/ 56	FOM	SCC	pT1	5 × 4	STSG	4	S
10	M/ 74	Buccal	SCC	pT1	4.5 × 3.5	STSG	4	PS

FOM Floor of the mouth, MEC Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (intermediate grade), SCC Squamous cell carcinoma, FTSG Full thickness skin graft, STSG Split thickness skin graft (thickness 12/1000 in), S Successful engraftment of skin graft, PS Partially successful engraftment of skin graft and partial necrosis (less than 1/3), F Failure and necrosis of skin graft
^aWide resection including tumor and mucosal dysplasia area

ISSN: 1916-0216