split-skin graft
medicine
Also known as: partial-thickness skin graft, split-thickness skin graft
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- In transplant: Split or partial-thickness skin grafts
Split, or partial-thickness, skin grafts are by far the most commonly used grafts in plastic surgery. Superficial slices of skin the thickness of tissue paper are cut with a hand or mechanical razor. The graft, which contains living cells, is…
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use in reconstructive surgery
- In therapeutics: Reconstructive surgery
…area is involved, a thin split-thickness skin graft, consisting of epidermis only, is used. Unfortunately, although these grafts survive transplantation more successfully and heal more rapidly than other types of grafts, they are aesthetically displeasing because their appearance differs markedly from that of normal skin. In a small defect, especially…
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