A new method of grafting
A new method of grafting
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DOI:
10.1136/bmj.1.4301.723
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发表时间:
1943-01-01
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Gabarro, P
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Gabarro, P
Plastic Surgeon in Charge at an Emnergency Hospital In order that the principles of the new method may be understood it will be useful first to give a short review of the usual types of skin graft. According to the thickness of the graft four types will here be considered:(1) the thin Ollier-Thiersch graft, which has been described-not quite accurately-as only epidermic;(2) the intermediate or split graft, which contains the whole epidermis and a portion of the dermis;(3) a thicker graft of about three-quarters of the skin, which leaves just enough epithelial elements from the sweat and sebaceous glands for the epithelization of the donor area;(4) the whole-thickness skin, or Wolfe, graft.In the main, two considerati6ns regulate the choice of graft: the thicker the graft the better the quality of the skin obtained; and the thinner the graft the easier it" takes." The area from which the graft is taken should epithelize in less than 15 days if the graft is thin. In thick grafts epithelization may be retarded, and subsequently some scar reaction may spoil the site for further use as a donor area. In the Wolfe graft there is a complete loss of skin, which must be replaced. It will be seen, therefore, that the donor area has itslimitations. The kind of graft to be used depends, too, on the local condition of the area to be grafted and on the general condition of the patient, and is not an easy matter to decide upon. One of the chief problems arises when the area to be grafted is very big and the donor area islimited. When the donor area available is small, or the local and general condition of the patient is poor and none of the above-mentioned grafts is considered advisable, use isoften made of small rounded grafts, of which there are two types: the thin or Reverdin graft, and the thick or deep graft devised by Davies and commonly called the" pinch" graft. Both are obtained by the same technique. The latter is the one generally adopted in England.