title: Soft tissue reconstruction with skin grafting.
abstract: Free skin grafts for soft tissue reconstruction can be classified into three types: full-thickness skin grafts, split-thickness skin grafts, and composite grafts. The indications, techniques, donor site considerations, and postoperative complications of each type of skin graft are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ratner
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000145:classification / Q000379:methods*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology