Rapid Harvesting of Precise Split Thickness Skin Grafts in Small Animals

Microfenestrated split thickness skin grafts: an underused technique?

Scalp as a donor site for split thickness skin grafts.

BACKGROUND Use of scalp as a donor site was reported for the first time in 1964. Since then, authors have described scalp as a donor site, which heals rapidly and re-growth of hair conceals the donor site. This study was aimed at evaluation of scalp as donor site by calculating the healing time, and frequency of post-operative complications. METHODS This was a descriptive study and was conduc...

Methods in obtaining split-thickness skin grafts from skin reduction surgery specimens

BACKGROUND To devise a method for obtaining bacterial culture-negative split-thickness skin grafts from specimens removed from living donors undergoing skin reduction surgery. METHODS Specimens were obtained from patients undergoing abdominal skin reduction surgery in inpatient and outpatient surgical settings. Skin specimens were cleaned in a method adapted from the former Yale Skin Bank's m...

Split thickness skin grafts in four cases of medial meatal fibrosis of the external auditory canal.

Medial meatal fibrosis is a rare condition in which the medial portion of the external auditory canal is obliterated with fibrous tissue. We selected 4 cases of patients with medial meatal fibrosis with a history of recurrent otorrhea who underwent surgery during the years of 2012 and 2013, presenting the surgical results here. Physical examination showed an obliterated external auditory canal ...

Harvesting split thickness costal cartilage graft

AIM There are few complications associated with harvesting of full thickness coastal cartilage grafts i.e., pneumothorax (0.9%), contour deformities and prolonged post-operative pain. To address these issues, authors devised special scalpel to harvest split-thickness costal cartilage grafts. MATERIALS AND METHODS Standard inframammary incision was used for harvesting rib. Incision was made di...