Hyperpigmentation after surgery for a deep dermal burn of the dorsum of the hand: partial-thickness debridement followed by medium split-thickness skin grafting vs full-thickness debridement followed by thick split-thickness skin grafting

Table 3 Characteristics of burn surgery

Characteristic	Debridement group		P value
	Partial-thickness (n = 5)	Full-thickness (n = 6)
Hands operated on, n	6	8	−
Time from burn to surgery, days	13 (8–24)	12 (8–19)	0.79
Preoperative hemoglobin, g/dL	10.0 (8.2–12.4)	10.8 (9.4–13.2)	0.29
Excision, %TBSA	4.0 (2.5–6.0)	4.0 (3.5–9.0)	0.50
Harvest, %TBSA	3.0 (2.0–4.0)	3.0 (3.0–6.0)	0.42
Duration of surgery, min	241 (173–271)	361 (246–408)	0.13
Duration of surgery per excision, min/%TBSA	40 (34–173)	48 (42–103)	0.54
Duration of tourniquet, min	0	68 (55–98)	<0.001
Blood loss, g	275 (113–4617)	495 (366–2206)	0.54
Blood loss per %excision, g/%TBSA	275 (28–769)	100 (73–428)	0.93
Blood loss per %excision and %harvest, g/%TBSA	138 (16–432)	53 (44–244)	0.93
Crystalloid, mL	1800 (1325–6850)	2675 (2287–3427)	0.18
HES,^a mL	0 (0–1200)	500 (0–1125)	0.75
RCC-LR,^b units	0 (0–10)	2 (0–8)	0.78
RCC-LR per %excision (units/%TBSA)	0.0 (0.0–1.7)	0.32 (0.0–1.0)	0.74
Graft thickness (×1/1000 in)	12 (12–13)	25 (25–28)	<0.001
Donor site (number of harvests)			<0.01
Dorsum of the trunk	0	8
Thigh	4	0
Abdomen	2	0

Continuous variables are expressed as median (interquartile range)
FFP-LR leukocyte-reduced fresh frozen plasma, HES hydroxyethyl starch solution, n number, RCC-LR leukocyte-reduced concentrated red blood cells
^aHES used in our study was as follows: 6 mass/volume percent; mean molecular weight, 70,000 Da; degree of substitution 0.55
^bOne unit of RCC-LR in our study was processed from 200 mL of donated blood

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