title: Harvesting split skin grafts of appropriate thickness using the hand-held knife.
abstract: Split skin grafting is an often used method of covering small skin defects and ulcers. We describe a simple technique to help determine the appropriate setting for the hand-held knife. This provides skin of adequate thickness when harvesting graft from the thigh and permits good regeneration of the donor site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK.
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Nnene
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abu-Seido
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Isbister
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013848:Thigh / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*