skin graft
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Classification
- autologous skin grafting
- heterologous skin grafting
- fetal skin grafts*
* collagen sheets seeded with fetal skin cells expanded from a single donor[1]
Indications
- standard for management of large burns Procedur
- moves a segment of dermis & a portion of epidermis
- the graft is completely separated from its blood supply & donor site & moved to a recipient site
- skin grafts contain varying portions of epidermis & dermis & can be full thickness or partial thickness, depending upon how much dermis is included in the graft
- one disadvantage of skin grafts applied to granulating bone is that there is no padding & they quickly erode
More general terms
More specific terms
- skin graft external ear/nasal ala
- skin graft forehead/cheek/chin/mouth/neck/axillae/genitalia/hand/foot
- skin graft nose/ear/eyelid/lip
- skin graft nose/ears/eyelid/lip
- skin graft scalp/arm/leg
- skin graft trunk
Additional terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hohlfeld J et al, Tissue engineerd fetal skin contructs for paediatric burns. Lancet 366(9488):840, 2005 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16139659
- ↑ NIGMS-Supported Basic Research on Skin Replacement Following Burn or Trauma Injury http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/features/artificial_skin.html