A prospecive dual-centre intra-individual controlled study for the treatment of burns comparing dermis graft with split- thickness skin auto-graft

Objective: To investigate if donor site morbidity (healing time and cosmesis) could be reduced by a novel, modified split thickness skin grafting (STSG) technique using a dermal component in the STSG procedure. The secondary objective was to examine the effects of this procedure on the recipient site of the (dermal) graft compared to STSG. The STSG technique has been used for 150 years in surgery with limited improvements. Its drawbacks are well known and relate to donor site morbidity and recipient site cosmetic shortcomings (mesh patterns, wound contracture, and scarring).

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Source: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery - December 1, 2023 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Sinan Dogan, Moustafa Elmasry, Ahmed T. El-Serafi, Folke Sj öberg, Jyrki Vuola, Esko Kankuri, Marina Perdiki Grigoriadi, Jussi Valtonen, Islam Abdelrahman, Ingrid Steinvall, Matilda Karlsson, Pia Olofsson, Andrew Lindford Source Type: research