title: Autologous, split skin transplantation on the lower limbs of horses.
abstract: The skin grafting experiments were carried out on the cannon regions of horses to throw light on four matters relating to split skin transplantation. They were: The thickness of donor split skin that would provide good wound cover and still leave adequate tissue to permit uneventful healing at the donor site; whether split skin grafts were more readily accepted on fresh than on granulating wounds; the size of wounds that would benefit from grafting; and the maximum size of graft that would be readily accepted. The findings were: Split skin grafts 0.76 mm thickness gave the best results although grafts 0.63 mm thickness were satisfactory; split skin grafts were accepted more readily on fresh wounds than on granulating tissue; wounds which exceeded 1/10th of the skin area on the cannon region justified grafting; the upper limit in size was not established as the largest grafts used were more readily accepted than smaller grafts.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000662:veterinary; D005552:Forelimb / Q000293:injuries*; D006197:Hair / Q000254:growth & development; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000293:injuries*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014945:Wound Healing