Micrografts: the "super" expansion graft.
A novel technique for producing micronized skin grafts that was introduced in a paper presented at the 1990 ABA meeting was evaluated to quantify maximum expansion. Twenty Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into two groups representing 10:1 and 25:1 expanded micrograft ratios, respectively. Grafted sites in both groups were shown to heal better than those of the control group, and both grafted groups showed comparable healing at day 10.
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Department of Surgery, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH.
Miller
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Eppinger
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Finley
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D000818:Animals; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing