title: Fast and Standardized Skin Grafting of Leg Wounds With a New Technique: Report of 2 Cases and Review of Previous Methods.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Chronic leg ulcers remain a challenge to the treating physician. Such wounds often need skin grafts to heal. This necessitates a readily available, fast, simple, and standardized procedure for grafting.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this work was to test a novel method developed for outpatient transplant procedures.
  
  
  METHODS
  The procedure employs a handheld disposable dermatome and a roller mincer that cut the skin into standardized micrografts that can be spread out onto a suitable graft bed. Wounds were followed until healed and photographed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The device was successfully used to treat and close a traumatic lower limb wound and a persistent chronic venous leg ulcer. The donor site itself healed by secondary intent with minimal cosmetic impairment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The method was successfully used to graft 2 lower extremity wounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Sweden.
authors.forename: Nils
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hamnerius
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wallin
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Sweden.
authors.forename: Åke
authors.initials: Å
authors.lastname: Svensson
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Sweden; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
authors.forename: Pernilla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stenström
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Sweden; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Surgery, Central Hospital, Kristianstad, Sweden.
authors.forename: Tor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Svensjö
keywords: leg ulcers; micrograft; skin transplantation; split thickness skin graft; wound healing