Radiation-Sterilized Split Skin: A new type of Biological Wound Dressing: A Preliminary Report
- 1 January 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Vol. 6 (2) , 126-131
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02844317209036712
Abstract
Thin split skin grafts from human cadavers have been killed and sterilized by irradiation (4 ± 1 Mrad). This issue has successfully been used as a biological dressing on donor areas, second and third degree burns. It reduces the evaporation from the wound surfaces by 85%. Electron microscopic investigation shows that the horny layer of the dead tissue is well preserved in spite of the heavy irradiation, which explains the beneficial properties of this biological dressing.Keywords
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