Table 4

Donor site morbidity at different time intervals during follow up

Symptoms

Duration of follow up

At 48 hours

At 1 week

At 1 month

At 6 months

At 1 year

Users

Non-users

Users

Non-users

Users

Non-users

Users

Non-users

Users

Non-users

Postoperative bleeding from the donor site

8

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Pain at the graft harvest site

22

12

16

6

9

2

4

1

2

0

Swelling of the graft harvest site

16

4

10

1

4

0

2

0

0

0

Tightness of mouth (difficulty in opening the mouth)

9

2

5

2

4

1

3

0

2

0

Numbness of the graft harvest site

7

4

7

2

6

1

5

1

5

0

More than one morbidity co-existing in the same patient

17

6

12

3

7

0

5

0

3

0

Patients having no morbidity

4

6

8

14

14

16

14

11

9

10

Total

28

20

28

20

28

20

19

13

14

10

Sinha et al. BMC Urology 2009 9:15   doi:10.1186/1471-2490-9-15