title: Clinical evaluation of an acellular allograft dermal matrix in full-thickness burns.
abstract: A multicenter clinical study assessed the ability of an acellular allograft dermal matrix to function as a permanent dermal transplant in full-thickness and deep partial-thickness burns. The study consisted of a pilot phase (24 patients) to identify the optimum protocol and a study phase (43 patients) to evaluate graft performance. Each patient had both a test and a mirror-image or contiguous control site. At the test site, the dermal matrix was grafted to the excised wound base and a split-thickness autograft was simultaneously applied over it. The control site was grafted with a split-thickness autograft alone. Fourteen-day take rates of the dermal matrix were statistically equivalent to the control autografts. Histology of the dermal matrix showed fibroblast infiltration, neovascularization, and neoepithelialization without evidence of rejection. Wound assessment over time showed that thin split-thickness autografts plus allograft dermal matrix were equivalent to thicker split-thickness autografts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston 77030, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wainwright
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madden
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luterman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Monafo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heimbach
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kagan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sittig
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dimick
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Herndon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000637:transplantation; D002056:Burns / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000637:transplantation*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000502:physiology; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011379:Prognosis; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000276:immunology / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology