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Review
. 2021 Apr 5;57(4):348.
doi: 10.3390/medicina57040348.

Historical Evolution of Skin Grafting-A Journey through Time

Michael Kohlhauser  1   2 , Hanna Luze  1   2 , Sebastian Philipp Nischwitz  1   2 , Lars Peter Kamolz  1   2
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Historical Evolution of Skin Grafting-A Journey through Time

Michael Kohlhauser et al. Medicina (Kaunas). .

Abstract

Autologous skin grafting was developed more than 3500 years ago. Several approaches and techniques have been discovered and established in burn care since then. Great achievements were made during the 19th and 20th century. Many of these techniques are still part of the surgical burn care. Today, autologous skin grafting is still considered to be the gold standard for burn wound coverage. The present paper gives an overview about the evolution of skin grafting and its usage in burn care nowadays.

Keywords: burns; history; skin grafting; skin substitutes; skin transplantation.

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All authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1
The classification of split thickness skin grafts (a–c) and full thickness skin graft (d) according to the thickness of the layer. a = 0.15–0.3 mm; b = 0.3–0.45 mm; c = 0.5–0.6 mm; d > 0.6 mm.
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