﻿Skin substitutes in burn care﻿.
﻿﻿﻿﻿The history on the use of graft material aside from skin for both partial- and full-thickness burns was sought.


METHODS
Medline and Google searches were performed using the key words: skin graft, skin substitute, allograft, homograft, xenograft, heterograft, autograft, burn grafting, and burn coverage. Articles retrieved were visually scanned for applicability and those thought to apply were reviewed as were appropriate references obtained within the articles.


CONCLUSIONS
There have been several technological advances in the grafting of burns with synthetic materials, but autograft remains the standard to which all other graft resources must be compared.
Saint Elizabeth's Regional Burn and Wound Care Center, Lincoln, NE; Email: cpaul@stez.org.
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