BACKGROUND Conventional autologous skin grafts are associated with significant donor-site morbidity. This study was conducted to determine feasibility, safety, and efficacy of a new strategy for skin grafting based on harvesting small columns of full-thickness skin with minimal donor-site morbidity. METHODS The swine model was used for this study. Hundreds of full-thickness columns of skin ti...

BACKGROUND Various techniques have been proposed for reconstruction of the eyelid anterior lamella after carcinoma excision: among these are the transposition of skin flaps, and full-thickness skin grafts or combination of these two. AIM To present our experience in eyelid reconstruction with full-thickness skin grafts and to assess the aesthetic and functional outcomes. PATIENTS AND METHOD...

Objectives: Nowadays, Snap-fits are used in the automotive industry as a proper alternative for mechanical joints, cabling joints, and car interior lining joints. Due to the special form of these joints, which are assembled manually, the contact area between Snap-fits and the worker’s fingertips can be too small. This can cause skin pain on the worker’s  fingertips. Therefore, ...

Objective: Yield components and genetic contribution have the most important in final yield and breeding programs of crop plants. For this purpose, 20 varieties of grapevines with Russia origin were evaluated in Urmia and Takestan research station (under full irrigation and drought stress). Methods: Twenty grapevine genotypes were evaluated in Urmia and Takestan research station (under full irr...

in this research, the effect of variety, harvesting time and fruit size were investigated on the mechanical properties of skin, density and mechanical strength. the results showed that pomegranate cultivars (ardestani, shisheh-cap and malas) had different skin thickness resulting difference in forces required for penetration of pomegranate fruit (10%). the skin of shisheh-cap variety was thicke...

thickness skin graft to a large surgical wound in a patient with sclerodermatous skin. In this case history, the key point is a clinical one—that wound healing may be uncomplicated even if the graft is taken from affected sclerodermatous skin and transplanted to another affected area. There are reports in the literature of using artificial [8], split thickness [9] and autologous [10] skin graft...