title: The effects of saline and plasma on skin graft keratinocyte viability.
abstract: The viability of human split thickness skin grafts stored in plasma and saline at +4 degrees C had been evaluated by means of viable keratinocytes by trypan blue method. Skin grafts which were stored in plasma showed better percentage of viable keratinocytes at the end of 30 days than saline. It is concluded that plasma is a better storage medium than saline for preservation of skin grafts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Osmangazi University, Meselik-Eskisehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cetin
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Köse
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aral
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erçel
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tandogdu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Karabağli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozyilmaz
mesh_terms: D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010949:Plasma; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride