Figure 3. Preference for silver-based dressingsFigure 4. Preference for non-silver based dressings.
Autologous skin grafts need to be harvested from various anatomical sites depending on the age, sex and location of burn injury for the particular patient [7]. Nevertheless it is important to know, other things being equal, which anatomical site is preferred for taking skin grafts. In responding to this question it was found that the thigh (adults 99%, children 71%) followed by the back (adults 41%, children 25%) were the two preferred locations for harvesting skin grafts (Figures 5 and 6).