Skin grafting is the easiest and the most reliable way to obtain proper wound coverage. However, the two major concerns of skin grafting are the poor color match in the recipient sites and donor site morbidity including pain, discomfort, and hypertrophic scarring. Major pigment mismatches are common in split-thickness grafts particularly in darker skinned patients including Asians (Fig. 1). Sev...

This report describes favorable outcomes in 9 patients with skin avulsion injuries of the extremities who underwent full-thickness skin grafting and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) application. Following removal of contaminated subcutaneous fat tissue on the inside of skin, the avulsed skin was processed into a full-thickness skin graft, with as much of the skin used as possible irrespect...

DISCLOSURES There were no conflicts of interest, and the researchers did not receive any form of sponsorship for the study. ABSTRACT Background: The ability to apply a skin graft snugly to the bed, and limit shearing forces, goes a long way in determining outcome. It is often a challenge achieving this over highly contoured wounds and wounds located on highly mobile regions of the body, where t...

667 The vacuum assisted closure (VAC, Kinetic Concepts, Inc., San Antonio, TX, USA) device has revolutionized wound management in recent years due to its ability of exudate clearance, tissue granulation induction and edema reduction [1]. It also has been shown very beneficial in aiding skin graft take in difficult anatomical regions [2]. Fournier′s gangrene is characterized by perineal tissue n...

INTRODUCTION Graft monitoring following vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) relies primarily on serial skin biopsy. However, given that VCA comprised multiple tissue types, skin biopsy may not accurately reflect rejection in other transplanted tissue. METHODS A review of the literature on episodes of both acute and chronic rejection following VCA was completed. Special attention ...

SUMMARY A significant aesthetic disadvantage to split skin grafts is the obvious transition between the graft and the normal skin. We report on a novel method to interrupt this transition point by using pinking shears, which are dressmaking scissors with saw-toothed blades that create a chevron pattern instead of a straight edge. We describe a case where the pinking shears were utilized on a sp...

Data are presented demonstrating the differential radiosensitivity of the first and second-set responses of sublethally irradiated (670 rad) mice previously sensitized with allogeneic (H-2 difference), xenogeneic (rat) or both allogeneic and xenogeneic skin grafts: The secondset response is more radioresistant than is the first-set response; the second-set response to a xenogeneic graft remains...

Aim: Skin grafting is a common clinical practice for plastic surgeons, yet primary contraction of these grafts is a neglected topic. This study was designed to investigate primary contraction and introduce the shape of skin graft as a possible factor that modifies primary contraction behavior, using porcine models. Methods: In the first series, full-thickness skin grafts (FTSGs) and split-thick...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare the results of the halo split skin graft (HSSG) by two primary care skin cancer practitioners at one clinic at the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, to the results of the only previous study while adding to the body of evidence regarding use of the HSSG following excision of non-melanoma skin cancer on the leg. METHOD A retrospective review...