Comparison of Medical Adhesive Tapes in Patients at Risk of Facial Skin Trauma under Anesthesia

Table 3

Skin injury and patient satisfaction in different groups.

	Standard acrylate tape	Silicone tape	value
Assessment in recovery for presence of
(i) Erythema and edema	15 (50%)	10 (33%)	0.147
(ii) Denudation	4 (1.3%)	0 (0%)	0.026
Anaesthesiologist evaluated skin injury	11	1	0.001
Patient satisfaction score for skin over
Eyelids	3.83 (0.69)	4.53 (0.51)	<0.001
Face	3.87 (0.70)	4.57 (0.50)	<0.001

Data are in number (percentage) or mean (standard deviation).