excessive alveolar bone resorption is commonly found when teeth are extracted. this is a problem in anterior part of mouth because it will result in an unaesthetic pontic on a narrow hollowed out alveolar ridge. yet, another problem is gingival recession and root exposure in adjacent teeth which represent a therapeutic problem to the clinician. use of acellular dermal matrix graft is an appropr...

AIMS To demonstrate success with immediate split-skin graft application over Matriderm dermal matrix in a difficult neck contracture release. METHODS An aggressive neck contracture release, accompanied by complete platysmectomy, was followed by application of Matriderm, split-skin graft, Mepitel, and vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) dressing. RESULTS At VAC removal (day 7), graft take was almo...

BACKGROUND The majority of distal biceps tendon injuries can be repaired in a single procedure. In contrast, complete chronic tears with severe tendon substance deficiency and retraction often require tendon graft augmentation. In cases with extensive partial tears of the distal biceps, a human dermal allograft may be used as an alternative to restore tendon thickness and biomechanical integrit...

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 assess the efficacy of decellularized dermal grafting used as an adjunct to the performance of primary repair of wide cleft palates. DESIGN Retrospective review. SETTING Tertiary referral center for large managed care organization. METHODS Seven consecutive patients with clefts of the hard and soft palates wider than 15 mm as measured at the posterior edge of the hard palate....

We have used arthroscopic debridement and interposition arthroplasty with an acellular dermal matrix allograft in treatment of first carpometacarpal joint arthritis successfully in a limited number of patients. The purpose of this investigation was to study the use of an acellular dermal matrix graft in a rabbit model of interposition arthroplasty. Eleven rabbits underwent excision of the lunat...

Between 1953 and 1962, 21 patients presented with bronchial strictures. Bronchial reconstruction was carried out on 15 of these while a dermal graft was employed in another six patients. The follow-up period, therefore, is between 10 and 20 years. Bronchial structures lend themselves to satisfactory reconstruction. This review, however, showed that late contraction of a dermal graft may occur e...

Full-thickness burns destroy both the epidermal and dermal tissues of the skin. This study evaluates a collagen and chondroitin-6-sulfate dermal skin substitute (graft) that was applied to excised full-thickness burns and covered with Biobrane. Experimental conditions included: (a) no burn, subcutaneous implantation of the graft; (b) burn, excision, graft, coverage with Biobrane and bandages; (...

This report describes a surgical technique for root coverage using an acellular dermal graft material and a coronally positioned flap. Video clips of a root coverage surgery are included using the graft material to cover multiple teeth in the same quadrant. Three additional completed cases are presented in which a mean root coverage of 97% was achieved, resulting in 100% coverage on 9 of 11 tee...

BACKGROUND Dermal fat grafts are used to reconstruct facial contour defects but may undergo variable resorption. Application of autologous platelet adhesive may improve outcomes. The primary objective was to compare resorption of dermal fat grafts for parotidectomy defects, between patients receiving autologous platelet adhesive versus controls. METHODS This was a double-blinded prospective c...