BACKGROUND To reduce cost, outpatient surgery is advocated when feasible; however, the potential of compromising outcome is a concern. The purpose of this review is to assess patient outcome and cost for managing operative burn injuries without hospitalization. METHODS During the past 18 months, 54 patients were identified with burns amenable to operative debridement and skin grafting without...

Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a rare genetic disease that is known for continuous skin blistering caused by minor trauma. The skin blisters and bullae that develop often cause skin defects. There is no definitive treatment for EB, only symptomatic relief. We report our experience with cultured allogenic keratinocyte grafting in a newborn patient with EB simplex who had unhealed raw surfaces and...

Although a number of different reconstructive techniques have been described for the treatment of axillary skin defects, split-thickness skin grafting continues to be the most common surgical modality. Here, we present our recent experience of using split-thickness skin grafts together with negative-pressure dressings for the management of defects following wide surgical excision of severe hidr...

Two patients with penile skin loss who were operated in 1991 are reviewed retrospectively. In both of them skin grafting was mandatory (due to large skin defects on the penile shaft). Causative factors were localized infection in one case and verrucae accuminata in another. In both cases a random flap from the skin of the inner surface of the thigh was applied. The pedicle flap was later t...

objective: to compare outcome of patients with burns covering less than 15% of total body surface area(tbsa) undergoing early excision and grafting or delayed skin grafting. method : this was a non-randomized clinical trial including 54 patients with less than 15% tbsa burn referring to ghotboddin hospital of shiraz. they were assigned to two study groups, each group including 27 patients: the ...

Fifty patients with Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (DEB) underwent surgery including release of limb, oral, anal, eye and penile contractures and treatment of chronic skin ulceration or skin tumours. Correction of contractures involves extensive release of skin and underlying tissues, with split skin grafting of secondary defects. Specific regions are discussed. Recurrence is inevitable due t...

two patients with penile skin loss who were operated in 1991 are reviewed retrospectively. in both of them skin grafting was mandatory (due to large skin defects on the penile shaft). causative factors were localized infection in one case and verrucae accuminata in another. in both cases a random flap from the skin of the inner surface of the thigh was applied. the pedicle flap was later transe...

BACKGROUND Skin grafting is a relatively simple and thus widely used procedure. However, the elastic and structural quality of grafted skin is poor. Recently, various dermal substitutes have been developed to overcome this disadvantage of split-thickness skin grafts. The present study aims to determine the feasibility of RapiGraft as a new dermal substitute. METHODS This prospective study inc...

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is very rare tumor of dermis layer of skin with the incidence of only 1 case per million per year. DFSP rarely leads to a metastasis (Less than 5% have metastasis), but DFSP can recur locally. We publish a rare case of a recurrent dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans and its management with radical excision and interval skin grafting.