TY - JOUR
T1 - The enhancement of wound healing with human skin allograft
AU - Spence, R. J.
AU - Wong, L.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Although clean incisional wounds can be closed easily, contaminated wounds, wounds with tissue loss that cannot be closed primarily, and chronic wounds are generally not closed and suffer the effects of being open. It follows that wound healing would be enhanced if these wounds could be closed. This article describes how skin allograft biologic dressings are used to close such wounds temporarily to bestow the benefits of wound closure. It also describes the benefits of human skin allografts and the history and basic science related to their use. Reference is made to newer wound covers that have the potential to provide similar benefits to open wounds.
AB - Although clean incisional wounds can be closed easily, contaminated wounds, wounds with tissue loss that cannot be closed primarily, and chronic wounds are generally not closed and suffer the effects of being open. It follows that wound healing would be enhanced if these wounds could be closed. This article describes how skin allograft biologic dressings are used to close such wounds temporarily to bestow the benefits of wound closure. It also describes the benefits of human skin allografts and the history and basic science related to their use. Reference is made to newer wound covers that have the potential to provide similar benefits to open wounds.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0039-6109(05)70577-6
DO - 10.1016/S0039-6109(05)70577-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 9194889
AN - SCOPUS:0030956894
SN - 0039-6109
VL - 77
SP - 731
EP - 745
JO - Surgical Clinics of North America
JF - Surgical Clinics of North America
IS - 3
ER -