title: [Features of skin graft in pediatric plastic surgery].
abstract: Skin graft is a skin tissue fragment transferred from a donor site to a receiving site with a spontaneous revascularization. Basic process of plastic surgery, skin graft known in children, specific, warnings and refinements. It finds its indication in many pediatric cases: integumental diseases (neavus, hamartoma), acute burns and scars, traumatic loss of substance or surgically induced, congenital malformations of the hands and feet, etc. Specific skin graft techniques in children are developed: donor sites, sampling technique and procedure, early postoperative care. Especially in children, the scalp is a perfect site for split skin graft and technique is actively developed. Refinements and special cases are discussed: use of dermal matrices, allografts, xenografts, negative pressure therapy, prior skin expansion of the donor site. Results of skin graft in children are exposed: taking of graft, growth and shrinkage, pigmentation. Skin graft sometimes allows to stay the complex movement and get the best final benefit, permanent or at least temporary, in a growing being.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique, esthétique et reconstructrice, hôpital Salengro, rue Émile-Laine, 59037 Lille cedex, France. Electronic address: cesar.depoortere@chru-lille.fr.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Depoortère
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique, esthétique et reconstructrice, hôpital Salengro, rue Émile-Laine, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: François
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique, esthétique et reconstructrice, hôpital Salengro, rue Émile-Laine, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belkhou
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique, esthétique et reconstructrice, hôpital Salengro, rue Émile-Laine, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Duquennoy-Martinot
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique, esthétique et reconstructrice, hôpital Salengro, rue Émile-Laine, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guerreschi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012867:Skin / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps
keywords: Cuir chevelu; Full thickness skin graft; Greffe de peau mince; Greffe de peau totale; Pediatric; Pédiatrie; Scalp; Split skin graft