title: [Cultivated epidermis as a skin replacement--improved technics using mesh silastic sheets].
abstract: The cover of cutaneous wounds with cultured epidermis can be significantly improved by prior backing of the epithelium with meshed silastic sheets, whereas other materials, such as vaseline gauze, foam rubber etc., are not as satisfactory. Meshed silastic is affixed to the epithelium surface just before the enzymatic detachment from the culture flask is completed. Thus it protects the delicate epithelial membrane from injury during transplantation and helps to control its polar orientation. In addition, the silastic mesh prevents the graft, which initially does not possess any horny layer, from drying up and allows adequate drainage of wound secretions. Cultured epidermal grafts prepared by this method take very well (more than 90%) attaching to the wound bed quite firmly within a week.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Auböck
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stifter
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Trenkwalder
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kufner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fritsch
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D001684:Biological Dressings; D046508:Culture Techniques; D006801:Humans; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers
vernacular_title: Kultivierte Epidermis als Hautersatz--Verbesserung der Technik mittels gemeshter Silastic-Folie.