Comparison of full- and partial-thickness autogenous skin transplantation in dogs: a pilot study.
Thin partial-thickness (0.063 cm), medium (0.127 cm) partial-thickness, and full-thickness skin autografts were transplanted to surgically created granulating foreleg wounds of dogs. Thin partial-thickness grafts had an 89% survival, medium partial-thickness grafts had 47% survival, and full-thickness grafts had a 58% survival. Of the successful grafts, only the thin partial-thickness grafts did not grow adequate hair after transplantation.
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006085:Graft Survival; D006197:Hair / Q000254:growth & development; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000379:methods; D014945:Wound Healing