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	Healthopedia.com - Skin Graft
		A skin graft is a patch of skin that is surgically removed from one part of the body and transplanted to another.
		Skin grafts are made from the epidermis and varying thicknesses of the dermis.
		Skin grafting is done by a surgeon in an operating room.
	www.healthopedia.com /skin-graft (0 words)

	Skin grafting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Skin grafting is a type of medical grafting involving the transplantation of skin.
		Skin grafts are often employed after serious injuries when some of the body's skin is damaged.
		The grafting serves two purposes: it can reduce the course of treatment needed (and time in the hospital), and it can improve the function and appearance of the area of the body which receives the skin graft.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skin_graft (789 words)

	Skin Grafting Information on Healthline
		Skin grafting is a surgical procedure in which skin or a skin substitute is placed over a burn or non-healing wound.
		Skin varies in thickness in different parts of the body; it is thickest on the palms and soles of the feet, and thinnest on the eyelids.
		Skin grafting is sometimes done as part of elective plastic surgery procedures, but its most extensive use is in the treatment of burns.
	www.healthline.com /galecontent/skin-grafting-1 (0 words)

	eMedicine - Skin Grafting : Article by Donald Grande, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The technique of skin harvesting and transplantation was initially described approximately 2500-3000 years ago with the Hindu Tilemaker Caste, in which skin grafting was used to reconstruct noses that were amputated as a means of judicial punishment (Hauben, 1982).
		The newly harvested skin is placed on a specific template, depending on the expansion ratio desired, and the template and graft are pressed through the mesher by using a hand-crank mechanism; the process is analogous to the pressing of dough through a pasta machine.
		Grafts contract in a centripetal fashion due to the movement of unopposed elastic fibers, and this may occur in the graft as well as in the recipient bed underlying the graft tissue.
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	Skin Grafts for Burn Treatment
		Early surgical removal (excision or debridement) of burned skin followed by skin grafting reduces the number of days in the hospital and usually improves the function and appearance of the burned area, especially when the face, hands, or feet are involved.
		Because skin around a split thickness graft usually contracts and grows tighter, full thickness skin grafts may be needed in areas such as around the eyes, where tight skin could prevent the eyelids from fully closing.
		Grafts from skin banks are used as a temporary covering to protect against infection, reduce pain, reduce fluid loss, and allow the tissues underneath to heal.
	www.burn-recovery.org /skin-grafts.htm (0 words)

	eMedicine - Skin, Grafts : Article by Don R Revis, Jr, MD
		Skin is thickest on the palms and soles of the feet, while the thinnest skin is found on the eyelids and in the postauricular region.
		Full-thickness skin grafts are harvested with a scalpel.
		Grafts placed on the extremities may be managed with elevation and compression dressing for the entire extremity distal to the graft to prevent edema, which can prevent graft adherence.
	www.emedicine.com /plastic/topic392.htm (0 words)

	The history of skin grafts Journal of Drugs in Dermatology - Find Articles
		Grafts were obtained from buttock skin, which was reportedly slapped with a wooden paddle until red and congested, and then cut with a leaf to the appropriate size (3-5).
		The 1940s also witnessed the use of refrigerated skin as a temporary dressing (17), the development of the electric dermatome (18), the establishment of the first U.S. Skin Bank (19), and the discovery of a cryopreservative agent which allowed the freezing of tissue in a viable state (20).
		In the latter half of the twentieth century, cadaver skin was employed as a biological dressing in burn patients and research revealed additional merits of skin grafting (21).
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	Skin Grafts - Attorney Robert Brenner - skin grafting, artificial skin, full thickness grafts
		A skin graft is surgical procedure in which a piece of skin from one area of the patient's body is transplanted to another area of the body.
		Skin from another person or animal may be used as temporary cover for large burn areas to decease fluid loss.
		Once the graft is in place, the area may be covered with a compression dressing or the area maybe left exposed.
	www.attorneyrobertbrenner.com /guide_medical_procedures_skingrafts.htm (0 words)

	Skin grafting. DermNet NZ
		A skin graft is thus a skin transplant.
		This type of skin graft is taken by shaving the surface layers (epidermis and dermis) of the skin with a large knife called a dermatome.
		This type of skin graft is taken by removing all the layers of the skin with a scalpel (a Wolfe graft).
	dermnetnz.org /procedures/graft.html (0 words)

	Skin Graft 2
		Although 50% coverage is average, the first skin graft was at least 75% successful.
		Small sections of skin were pinched and removed - or "harvested" - from a white section of the belly area, and transplanted into "pockets" cut into the leg.
		skin graft, the hair from the original transplant is quite obvious, the injured area has noticeably contracted, and there is substantial healing growth around the edges.
	www.psnw.com /~jcdowns/SkinGraft2.html (0 words)

	Skin grafting
		Skin grafting is generally not used for first- or second-degree burns, which generally heal with little or no scarring.
		Skin for grafting can be obtained from another area of the patient's body, called an autograft, if there is enough undamaged skin available, and if the patient is healthy enough to undergo the additional surgery required.
		Grafted skin does not contain sweat or oil glands, and should be lubricated daily for two to three months with a bland oil (e.g., mineral oil) to prevent drying and cracking.
	www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/ency/skin_grafting.jsp (0 words)

	Skin Graft - Health Centers
		A skin graft is a patch of skin that is surgically removed from one area of the body and transplanted to another one.
		While the patient is awake (local anesthesia), sleepy (sedated), or deep asleep and pain-free (general anesthesia), healthy skin is taken from elsewhere on the patient's body using a dermatome (skin-cutting instrument).
		Most skin grafts are successful, but in some cases they don't heal well and require repeat grafting.
	www.wsbtv.com /encyclopedia/6863717/detail.html (0 words)

	Skin Graft
		Skin grafts are not commonly done in veterinary practice but we have been doing them regularly at Loving Hands.
		The edges of the skin were pulled together under the flap to close the opening in the thigh.
		After a new blood supply to the skin flap had developed, the top part of the "handle" was severed and the sutures were removed from the tube.
	www.lovinghands.com /Library/Cases/skin_graft.htm (0 words)

	Skin Graft
		That area is unobtrusive and provided both the white (pink skin) and sorrel (dark skin) areas required for the graft to the injured leg.
		The tiny "plugs" of harvested skin were tucked into the pockets in the leg - similar in concept to starting a plant cutting - with the hope that each tiny piece of skin would "take root" and grow.
		The skin graft process will be repeated to fill any areas where it appears the first grafting process failed.
	www.psnw.com /~jcdowns/SkinGraft.html (0 words)

	Split Skin Graft
		The area where the skin comes from, called the donor area, heals from the deeper layers of skin which are left behind.
		If blood collects under a graft it is not possible for the microvascular linking of blood vessels to take place and the graft will be lost If there is bleeding under a graft the clot has to be removed.
		Grafts are done under general or local anaesthetic depending on the size of the area to be grafted.
	www.nnuh.nhs.uk /document.asp?ID=37 (0 words)

	Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Compromised Skin Grafts and Flaps
		Skin is taken from one part of the patients, body and used to cover a break in the skin on another part.
		They include Full-thickness grafts, in which all of the skin layers are used, and split-thickness grafts, in which only the top layers and several of the deeper layers are used.
		The effectiveness of HBOT is shown in grafting and in reimplantation of limbs, with a salvage rate of 75% for the HBOT group compared to 46% for the controls, with 100% HBOT salvage when the patient is treated within 72 hours post-operatively.
	www.reimerhbo.com /skin_grafts.htm (0 words)

	Skin Graft - Surgical Options
		The graft is said to "take" when new blood vessels and scar tissue form in the injured area.
		Flap surgery is a complex procedure in which skin, along with the underlying fat, blood vessels, and sometimes the muscle, is moved from a healthy part of the body to the injured site.
		The cosmetic results may be less satisfactory, since the transferred skin may not precisely match the color and texture of the surrounding skin.
	www.prplastic.com /zplasty.htm (0 words)

	Skin graft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The most common sites of harvest for skin grafts are the buttocks and inner thigh, areas which are usually hidden and therefore cosmetically less important.
		While the patient is awake, sleepy (sedated), or deep asleep and pain-free (local anesthesia or general anesthesia), healthy skin is taken from the selected donor site on the patient's body using a dermatome (skin-cutting instrument).
		Skin grafts usually heal with little scarring, and often look similar to surrounding normal skin.
	www.shands.org /health/surgeries/100100.html (0 words)

	Skin Grafting Information on Healthline
		Skin grafting is a surgical procedure by which skin or skin substitute is placed over a burn or non-healing wound to permanently replace damaged or missing skin or provide a temporary wound covering.
		Skin grafting is generally not used for first-or second-degree burns, which generally heal with little or no scarring.
		Skin for grafting can be obtained from another area of the patient's body, called an autograft, if there is enough undamaged skin available, and if the patient is healthy enough to undergo the additional surgery
	www.healthline.com /galecontent/skin-grafting (0 words)

	Skin Graft Blades,Skin Graft Knife,Skin Grafting Blades,Skin Grafting Knife
		It consists of a handle and stem, on which is mounted and adjustable roller, for adjusting the thickens of graft, and a blade holder.
		The Ribbel's Skin Grafting Knife is held pressed firmly against the skin and the graft is removed with a steady to and for sawing motion.
		A thicker graft appears white and the bleeding points on the donor surface are few and far between.
	www.ribbel.com /skin-graft-blades-knives.html (0 words)

	Skin Graft Donor Sites \| Bentonite Wound Dressings \| Silvadine Silvadene
		Obviously, with a skin graft donor site, the patient in question has had one or more surgeries, usually either cosmetic OR as a result of trauma and/or infections.
		Complications at skin graft donor sites are rare, but not as rare as anyone would like.
		It is often more convenient to wait until the skin graft donor site stops displaying signs of bleeding; sometimes a week or more into the treatment.
	www.eytonsearth.org /skingrafts.html (0 words)

	Apligraf
		The upper epidermal layer is formed by promoting human keratinocytes (epidermal cells) first to multiply and then to differentiate to replicate the architecture of the human epidermis.
		Unlike human skin, Apligraf does not contain melanocytes, Langerhans' cells, macrophages, and lymphocytes, or other structures such as blood vessels, hair follicles or sweat glands.
		The persistence of Apligraf cells on the wound and the safety of this device in venous ulcer patients beyond 1 year and in diabetic foot ulcer patients beyond six months has not been evaluated.
	www.apligraf.com (0 words)

	Meronk - Upper Eyelid Skin Graft
		She underwent a modified blepharoplasty to reshape the skin drooping temporally and nasally along with a full-thickness skin graft to restore the area of central shortage.
		Skin grafts in the upper eyelid can take between 6-12 months or more to heal well enough to become visually inconspicuous.
		The most common donor site is the skin in front of or in back of the ear or, if available, excess skin from the other upper eyelid.
	www.drmeronk.com /blephnews/upperskingraft.html (0 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Skin graft
		Often skin will be taken from unaffected areas on the injured person and used to cover a defect, often a burn.
		If the area of the skin defect is especially large, the harvested skin may be meshed to stretch it into a larger patch.
		If the defect involves a great loss of tissue, a full thickness graft, a flap of skin with underlying muscle and blood vessels, may be required.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/imagepages/19083.htm (0 words)

	Body1.com - Skin Graft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Depending upon the size of the skin for grafting, and the patient’s wishes, the patient receives local or general anesthesia or chooses to stay awake.
		The skin is held in place by surgical staples, stitches, or a pressure dressing.
		Recovery time for a skin graft varies, depending upon the size of the graft and the number of grafts on the body.
	www.body1.com /care/index.cfm/8/93 (0 words)

	Skin Graft - WI, Milwaukee WI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The removal and transplantation of healthy skin from one area of the body (source area or donor site) to another area (recipient area) where the skin has been damaged.
		Full-thickness grafts are usually recommended for areas where cosmetic appearance is important, such as the face.
		However, if there is not enough skin on the body to provide graft coverage for another area on the same body, then skin may be harvested from outside sources.
	www.columbia-stmarys.org /1931.cfm (0 words)

	Adult Health Advisor 2005.4: Split Thickness Skin Graft
		A split-thickness skin graft is a procedure in which a surgeon removes the outer layer of skin from a part of your body and uses it to cover an open wound in another part of your body.
		The surgeon will select a place on the body for removal of a piece of skin (such as the front or outside of one of the upper thighs).
		If it becomes infected or if a bubble forms underneath the graft, the graft may fall off or fail to attach.
	www.med.umich.edu /1libr/aha/aha_skngra_crs.htm (0 words)

	Split Thickness Skin Grafts - Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
		Biology of infections of split thickness skin grafts.
		Split-thickness skin excision: its use for immediate wound care in crush injuries of the foot.
		Immediate care of crush injuries and compartment syndromes with the split-thickness skin excision.
	www.wheelessonline.com /ortho/split_thickness_skin_grafts (0 words)

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		The doctor told the husband that they couldn't graft any skin from her body because she was too skinny.
		However, the only skin on his body that the doctor felt was suitable would have to come from his buttocks.
		The husband and wife agreed that they would tell no one about where the skin came from, and requested that the doctor also honor their secret.
	www.manbottle.com /humor/skin_graft (0 words)

	Healthopedia.com - Skin Graft: Home Care and Complications
		The graft site is monitored for good circulation, as indicated by a healthy pink color.
		If the infection is too severe or proper blood flow is not maintained, the grafted skin can die.
		A new graft is also sensitive to sunlight and protective measures will always be necessary for the life of the graft.
	www.healthopedia.com /skin-graft/after.html (0 words)

	Skin Graft Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the medical transplant procedure, see skin grafting.
		Skin Graft is an influential contemporary no wave, noise rock, art punk, rock label based in Chicago who are largely responsible for spawning the now-wave movement.
		Skin Graft began releasing comics in 1986 and their first record was released at the end of 1991.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skin_Graft_Records (0 words)

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