Invaluable skin-staplers

When performing burn surgery, staples (skin staplers), which are used to fasten/close transplanted skin, are essential.
A skin-stapler work in the same way as a single stitch with a suture, which is a stitching of the skin with a thread.

Using staples saves time, does not increase the risk of infection and gives the same cosmetic result as a regular suture.
After extensive damage, where large burned areas on the body must be covered with skin grafts, the use of staples is therefore necessary to complete the operation 🙏❤️

In Tanzania, one staple with 35-40 pins costs about DKK 70-80. Depending on the size of the graft, 2-5 staples are usually used for each surgery.

Despite the need being great, staplers are not a part of the surgical equipment at KCMC.

Care4Burn works to ensure access to skin-staplers. If you would like to help us with this task, send us a message at info@care4burn.org 💌

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