title: Using skin replacement products to treat burns and wounds.
abstract: Much progress has been made toward the development of artificial skin replacement products. Continued research promises to bring more products to the marketplace, and each new product seems to develop a niche in the field of skin replacement. However, although each skin replacement product has unique properties and advantages, nothing works as well as a patient's own skin. Clinicians can only hope for an off-the-shelf skin replacement product that can be applied to a wound and yield a permanent, dependable dermis and epidermal skin replacement for all patients.
authors.affiliation: Saint Elizabeth Regional Burn and Wound Care Center, Lincoln, NE, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Voigt
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wiebelhaus
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D012307:Risk Factors; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000628:therapy; D017768:Skin, Artificial; D014945:Wound Healing