Preputial Skin Grafts

Although skin grafting originated 2500 to 3000 years ago, it was until the 19 th century that this technique was again introduced as a reconstructive option. While 19th century surgeons used grafts to repair their most difficult cases, skin grafting has since evolved into a modality that is routinely and sometimes preferentially used for the surgical repair of skin defects [1]. In this chapter we will discuss a relatively new type of full thickness skin graft: Preputial skin graft (PSG); regarding its indications, advantages, disadvantages and the valid reasons for the choice of PSG instead of classical full thickness skin graft (FTSG) donor sites for grafting of small defects especially in burned patients.