skin graft

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Classification

* 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

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References

  1. 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
  2. NIGMS-Supported Basic Research on Skin Replacement Following Burn or Trauma Injury http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/features/artificial_skin.html