POSTMORTEM HOMOGRAFTS TO REDUCE MORTALITY IN EXTENSIVE BURNS

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"A person who dies may save the life of another person even after his own death."1This approach has made the need for postmortem homografts understandable to families of potential skin donors. Postmortem homografts, taken after general death of donor patients, are an unlimited source of emergency, lifesaving "biological" closure material for extensive burns and open areas in individual patients; the procedure could be developed on a national basis, possibly saving many lives in the event of widespread disaster. Indication for use, technique of taking and applying the grafts, and length of survival as coverage of postmortem grafts are the same as for homografts removed from live donors. The advantage of postmortem grafts is that large sheets of split skin homografts, which are easily applied, are available to all. There can be little reason to let this important source of skin go to waste. The disadvantages of homografts from

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