title: Use of a dermal regeneration template and full-thickness skin grafts to reconstruct exposed bone in the head and neck.
abstract: Soft tissue defects over bone are difficult to reconstruct and this is compounded when there is no periosteum. We present what is to our knowledge the first reported use of a dermal regeneration template (Integra®, Integra Life Sciences Corp, Plainsboro, NJ, USA) to assist in reconstruction over an exposed mandible.
authors.affiliation: Gloucester Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester GL1 3NN. Electronic address: mark.singh@glos.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Gloucester Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester GL1 3NN.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Godden
authors.affiliation: Gloucester Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester GL1 3NN.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Farrier
authors.affiliation: Poole Hospital, Longfleet Road, Poole BH15 2JB.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ilankovan
mesh_terms: D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates; D003094:Collagen; D006257:Head; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012038:Regeneration; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D017768:Skin, Artificial
chemical_list: D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates; D003094:Collagen
keywords: Defects over bone; Dermal regeneration; Full thickness skin graft; Integra