Preliminary experience with cultured epidermal autograft in a community hospital burn unit.
Initial experience with cultured epidermal autograft (CEA) in a community hospital burn unit is described. Five applications of CEA to three patients (mean burn size, 59% total body surface area) were made. Final graft "take" of CEA ranged from 10% to 80%. Healed CEA is cosmetically superior to meshed autograft and appears to form less hypertrophic scar tissue. CEA is more sensitive to infection than meshed autograft. A review of the literature concerning topical antibiotic use with CEA is included. This experience with CEA demonstrates that large burns can be successfully managed with this modality in a community hospital burn unit setting.
Barillo
D J
DJ
Allentown Hospital-Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, Pennsylvania.
Nangle
M E
ME
Farrell
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000078404:Epidermal Cells; D005260:Female; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous