Contraction rates of meshed, nonexpanded split-thickness skin grafts versus split-thickness sheet grafts.
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.
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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*