Fast and Standardized Skin Grafting of Leg Wounds With a New Technique : Report of 2 Cases and Review of Previous Methods
Hamnerius, Nils LU ; Wallin, Ewa LU ; Svensson, Åke LU ; Stenström, Pernilla LU
and Svensjö, Tor
LU
(2016)
In Eplasty: Open Access Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
16.
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chronic leg ulcers remain a challenge to the treating physician. Such wounds often need skin grafts to heal. This necessitates a readily available, fast, simple, and standardized procedure for grafting.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this work was to test a novel method developed for outpatient transplant procedures.
METHODS: The procedure employs a handheld disposable dermatome and a roller mincer that cut the skin into standardized micrografts that can be spread out onto a suitable graft bed. Wounds were followed until healed and photographed.
RESULTS: The device was successfully used to treat and close a traumatic lower limb wound and a persistent chronic venous leg ulcer. The donor site itself healed by... (More)
BACKGROUND: Chronic leg ulcers remain a challenge to the treating physician. Such wounds often need skin grafts to heal. This necessitates a readily available, fast, simple, and standardized procedure for grafting.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this work was to test a novel method developed for outpatient transplant procedures.
METHODS: The procedure employs a handheld disposable dermatome and a roller mincer that cut the skin into standardized micrografts that can be spread out onto a suitable graft bed. Wounds were followed until healed and photographed.
RESULTS: The device was successfully used to treat and close a traumatic lower limb wound and a persistent chronic venous leg ulcer. The donor site itself healed by secondary intent with minimal cosmetic impairment.
CONCLUSION: The method was successfully used to graft 2 lower extremity wounds.
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- author
- Hamnerius, Nils
LU
; Wallin, Ewa
LU
; Svensson, Åke
LU
; Stenström, Pernilla
LU
and Svensjö, Tor
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2016
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Eplasty: Open Access Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- volume
- 16
- article number
- e14
- publisher
- HMP Global Learning
- external identifiers
-
- pmid:27004083
- ISSN
- 1937-5719
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 153b13ab-0235-4cb1-a8db-320c139c4a18
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-12 14:19:20
- date last changed
- 2018-11-21 21:22:50
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series = {{Eplasty: Open Access Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery}},
title = {{Fast and Standardized Skin Grafting of Leg Wounds With a New Technique : Report of 2 Cases and Review of Previous Methods}},
volume = {{16}},
year = {{2016}},
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