The mesh skin graft--true expansion rate.
Using the mesh graft II dermatome (Zimmer) for split skin graft expansion, the 3 to 1 and 1.5 to 1 expansion rates were evaluated for true clinical expansion. In one hundred and one 1.5 to 1 expanded grafts the actual expansion was 1.2 and in sixty 3 to 1 expanded grafts, it was 1.5.
D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D004548:Elasticity; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation