Mesh grafts--an 18 month follow-up.
Thirty-four patients, who had received either sheet or mesh grafts during surgery at the McIndoe Burns Unit, were reviewed, with a minimum follow-up period of 18 months. Expert observers were able to identify 1:1.5 mesh after close examination, but no group found the cosmetic result inferior to that of sheet graft. 1:4 mesh was uniformly identified, and cosmesis was judged unsatisfactory by all observers.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004954:Esthetics; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*