Contraction and growth of deep burn wounds covered by non-meshed and meshed split thickness skin grafts in humans.
A group of 18 burned patients was excised between days 2 and 5 postburn days, while 20 patients were operated later, between days 25 and 35 postburn. After early excision the wounds covered with meshed grafts contracted to a mean wound size of 56 per cent while the wounds covered with non-meshed grafts contracted to a mean wound size of 64 per cent. After late excision wounds covered with meshed grafts contracted to a mean wound size of 40.5 per cent while wounds covered with non-meshed grafts contracted to a mean wound size of 51.5 per cent. With early excision, meshed grafts grew back to a size of 78.5 per cent while non-meshed grafts grew back to a size of 91 per cent. With late excision, meshed grafts grew back to a size of 69.5 per cent while non-meshed grafts grew back to a size of 75.5 per cent.
el Hadidy
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Division of Plastic Surgery, Mansoura University Hospital, Egypt.
Tesauro
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P
Cavallini
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M
Colonna
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M
Rizzo
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F
Signorini
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M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*