Crandall CG, Davis SL. Cutaneous vascular and sudomotor responses in human skin grafts. J Appl Physiol 109: 1524–1530, 2010. First published June 17, 2010; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00466.2010.—Each year millions of individuals sustain burns. Within the US 40,000–70,000 individuals are hospitalized for burn-related injuries, some of which are quite severe, requiring skin grafting. The grafting p...

INTRODUCTION Obesity and certain medical disorders make the reconstruction of skin defects challenging. Different kind of procedure can be used for these defect, besides, skin grafting is one of the most common and simplest procedure. Fat grafting and stem cells which are located in the adipose tissue have been commonly used in plastic surgery for regeneration and rejuvenation purposes. To decr...

PURPOSE Severe neck contracture is a problem that must be resolved by priority. We consider the best contracture treatment to be the full-thickness skin graft. However, clinicians often encounter patients, especially extensive burn patients, who have insufficient donor sites for the full-thickness skin graft. We treated extensive burn patients with neck scar contractures with a split-thickness ...

Objective To compare the outcomes of securing full-thickness skin grafting (FTSG) with through-and-through mattress suturing versus the classic tie-over and pressure dressing and identify the associated risk factors of graft failure. Methods A single-institution, retrospective case series of patients who had undergone excision of head and neck skin lesions requiring FTSG over a 10-year period...

A skin autograft is described as the transfer of without aid a blood supply from donor location to recipient site. The epidermis and portions underlying dermis are transferred using split-thickness grafts (STSGs). whole layer harvested for full-thickness (FTSGs) used transplant. installation methods usage STSGs discussed above. Graft movement, which impedes neovascularization promotes fluid acc...

BACKGROUND Fat is widely used in soft tissue augmentation. Nevertheless, it has an unpredictably high resorption rate. Clinically, external expansion with negative pressure is used to increase fat graft survival. In this study, fat graft recipient sites were preconditioned by external application of negative pressure in order to test for improvements in vascularity and fat graft survival. MET...

Background. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of ASCs on full-thickness skin grafts. Specifically, we investigated the anti-inflammatory effects of ASCs that are mediated via regulation of the phenotypes of activated macrophages. Methods. ASCs were isolated, cultured, and injected under full-thickness skin grafts in 15 rats (ASC group). An additional 15 rats served as contro...

Dear Sir, Skin stapling devices are widely used to secure skin graft because they are easy to use and useful—especially for large grafting areas. They can save operating time and improve graft taking.1 However, if not removed at the appropriate time, stainless steel staples are easily buried in overgrown granulation tissue or epithelium, after which they are sometimes difficult to retrieve. Alt...

Objective This study aimed to investigate reconstruction methods according to nasal subunits in patients who were surgically treated with diagnosis of non-melanoma skin cancer of the nose. Methods All patients were retrospectively investigated. This study was conducted between April 2004 and December 2010; 180 patients who were surgically treated with diagnoses of skin basal cell carcinoma, s...