Modeling of metamaterial based incision patterns for generating high expansions in skin grafts

Split-thickness skin grafting is a widely used treatment for burn patients. It requires removing a small portion of healthy skin, making parallel incisions on it, stretching it, and surgically implanting it into the burn site. Although skin graft mesher companies claim to significantly expand the size of the skin graft, in reality, the amount of expansion achieved is much smaller.
Source: Clinical Biomechanics - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Source Type: research