The evaporative water loss from burns and the water-vapour permeability of grafts and artificial membranes used in the treatment of burns

When burned skin was covered with grafts or artificial membranes the evaporative water loss was reduced by a degree depending on the vapour permeability of the cover applied, and fresh biological dressings reduced the rate of loss by 90 per cent and frozen porcine heterograft skin (Skintec) by 63 per cent.