title: [Application of meshed acellular dermis xenograft (pigskin) with scalp thin skin autograft in 15 patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the clinical application of the meshed acellular dermis xenograft with scalp thin split-thickness skin autograft.
  
  
  METHODS
  The meshed acellular dermis xenograft (pigskin) was placed on the granulation or defects after scar resection. Four or five days afterwards, scalp thin split-thickness skin was transplanted. A total of 15 patients with 25 wounds were treated using this technique. The survival rates and quality of the grafts were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The survival rate of the meshed acellular dermis xenograft was (96.40 +/- 2.60)% and the scalp thin split-thickness skin autograft was (97.44 +/- 3.50)%. All grafts showed normal skin-alike color and elastic and smooth texture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The combined use of meshed acellular dermis xenograft and scalp skin autograft demonstrated an ideal way for the repair of full-thickness skin burn or defects from scar resection. The scalp can provide thin skin graft repeatedly without influence of the hair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns, First People's Hospital, Yulin 537000, China.
authors.forename: Shengxin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Xiaoping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yingen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Qiaohong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chaoshuai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Hongge
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002056:Burns / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D020405:Dermis / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013552:Swine; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D014945:Wound Healing