A simple technique for harvesting standardized skin grafts in the rodent.
A simple technique for harvesting skin grafts of predetermined size, shape, and thickness in rodents is described. In this technique, the donor skin is immobilized and tensed by means of a tongue depressor, or similar template, inserted into the loose areolar tissue below the panniculus, stretching the overlying skin to permit easy dermatome harvesting of a skin graft.
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Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
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D000818:Animals; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D051381:Rats; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000473:pathology; D013525:Surgical Instruments