title: The use of cultivated epidermal cell sheets in skin grafting.
abstract: A review of recent developments in the cultivation and preservation of sheets of epidermal cells, which enable successful skin-grafting in cases of extensive burn injuries and non-healing leg ulcers.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kakibuchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D046508:Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D000078404:Epidermal Cells; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000379:methods*