Absorbable gelatin sponge for postoperative dressing: a novel use to reduce pain and bleeding during dressing removal after neurosurgical procedures.

摘要

Postoperative wound dressing after cranial neurosurgical procedures varies widely from centre to centre. With larger number of neurosurgeons preferring to avoid a full head shave, instead, doing only a limited clipping or shaving at the incision site, the earlier ubiquitous elastic adhesive bandage dressing, which was notoriously painful to remove, has become less common.