title: Contraction rates of meshed, nonexpanded split-thickness skin grafts versus split-thickness sheet grafts.
abstract: Contraction rates of wounds covered by meshed, nonexpanded split-thickness skin grafts were compared with split-thickness sheet-grafted wounds in a porcine model. No significant difference was found in wound contraction. When compared with previous studies, this study shows that differences in contraction previously observed were not a result of meshing and suggests that expansion may be the cause of the difference previously observed.
authors.affiliation: Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Fifer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pieper
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hawtof
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000502:physiology; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000502:physiology; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*