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. 2014 Oct 9:14:e38.
eCollection 2014.

Fate of the dermal component of micrografts in full-thickness wounds

Mansher Singh  1 , Kristo Nuutila  1 , Carla Kruse  1 , Edward J Caterson  1 , Scott R Granter  2 , Elof Eriksson  1
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Fate of the dermal component of micrografts in full-thickness wounds

Mansher Singh et al. Eplasty. .
No abstract available

Keywords: full-thickness wound; micrografts; mincing; split-thickness skin graft; wound healing.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Masson's Trichrome staining demonstrating possible outcomes of skin micrograft dermis. (a) Incorporated—The dermal components of micrograft (arrow) are completely interior to the neoepidermis of the wound. (b) Expelled through transepidermal elimination—The dermal components of the micrograft (arrow) are completely exterior to the neoepidermis of the wound. (c) Indeterminate—Micrograft (black arrow) cannot be classified as incorporated or expelled, as compared to incorporated (white arrow) or transepidermaly expelled dermis (red arrow), based on histology. Scale represents 500 μm.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Micrografts on day 6, day 10, and day 14. (a) Mean number of visible micrografts per slide. (b) Micrograft dermis expressed as a percentage of the total number of visible micrografts, categorized as Incorporated, Expelled through transepidermal elimination, or Indeterminate.
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