VERSAJET hydrosurgery technique for the preparation of full thickness skin grafts and the creation of retrograde split thickness skin grafts.
Full- and split-thickness skin grafts continue to serve a vital role in lower extremity wound coverage, and meticulous preparation of the recipient site is vital to incorporation of the transplanted skin. A technique for the rapid, controlled preparation of full-thickness skin grafts and creation of thick-split thickness skin grafts from full-thickness donor tissue, using a high-pressure stream of saline solution, is described.
Bibbo
Christopher
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Department of Orthopaedics, Marshfield Clinic, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Marshfield, WI 54449, USA. cbibbo@charter.net
D004210:Dissection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000295:instrumentation*