Direct mounting of cultured epidermal grafts. A way to enhance the transplantation area.
Cultured epidermal grafts were prepared in a new way, not allowing the epidermal sheets to shrink before mounting. Using this procedure, the graft area was increased by about 100%. Furthermore, this procedure is also quicker than the conventional technique. The directly mounted grafts take just as well as conventionally prepared grafts and their macroscopical and histological appearances are similar.
Haegerstrand
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Department of Anatomy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Dalsgaard
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Jonsson
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D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D002455:Cell Division; D046508:Culture Techniques; D000078404:Epidermal Cells; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology*; D016038:Skin Transplantation