title: [Importance of thorough removal of all affected tissues before grafting epidermolysis bullosa lesions: ten-year follow-up of one patient with multiple grafts].
abstract: We present the case of a patient suffering from dominantly inherited dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa and followed over a period of ten years. Skin lesions of this patient have been treated with multiple thin skin grafts applied over Integra®. The experience proved that, in order to have a perfect graft take, it was necessary to remove all the affected tissues, which includes an abnormally thickened dermis, and also a portion of the subcutaneous tissue.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique, CHU de Poitiers, 2 rue de la Milétrie, Poitiers cedex, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Huguier
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Messaoudi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rousseau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Levillain
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dagregorio
mesh_terms: D061645:Abdominoplasty / Q000379:methods; D000328:Adult; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates; D003094:Collagen; D020405:Dermis / Q000601:surgery; D016108:Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000601:surgery; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: C114835:integra artificial skin; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates; D003094:Collagen