title: Amniotic membrane as a cover for microskin grafts.
abstract: Twenty two granulating wounds were grafted with microskin grafts of 1 mm size and amniotic membrane was used to cover these grafts. In 16 patients, epithelialisation was complete by 10 days and the grafts remained stable. Fifteen-fold expansion was achieved in all these cases. The remaining 6 patients needed split thickness skin grafts due to failure of the microskin grafts. Human amniotic membrane as a cover for microskin grafts helped early epithelialisation and rapid wound healing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Dr Vaishampayan Memorial Medical College, Solapur, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Subrahmanyam
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001684:Biological Dressings; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006097:Granulation Tissue / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing