Use of buried skin implants after recurrent failure of conventional skin grafting in a massive burn: the renewal of an old technique.
The technique of burying small pieces of skin under old granulation tissue after recurrent failure of conventional skin grafting is described in a patient with 95 per cent full skin thickness burns. This method of treatment, which was described in the past and neglected, is of value for massive burns or grafting in difficult areas. The technique is described again and the relevant literature reviewed.
Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Benmeir
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Weinberg
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Neuman
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Rotem
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Lusthaus
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Wexler
D000293:Adolescent; D001830:Body Surface Area; D002056:Burns / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*