A qualitative histological assessment of various storage conditions on short term preservation of human split skin grafts

Sterne, G.D.; Titley, O. Garth; Christie, John L.

doi:10.1054/bjps.1999.3279

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“…11 It consists of preserving any excess skin grafts taken for possible use at a later date by folding them in half, dermis-to-dermis, and rolling them in moist gauze to store at 4°C. [12][13][14][15] Skin graft viability and take has been reported for up to 5 weeks. 11 Multiple methods of skin storage mediums and methods have been investigated.…”

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Delayed Skin Grafting Utilizing Autologous Banked Tissue

Mardini

Agullo

Salgado

et al. 2009

Annals of Plastic Surgery

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In performing bowel flaps for voice reconstruction, it is common practice to delay skin grafting to allow for swelling and monitoring. Harvesting the skin graft at the time of reconstruction and banking it at its donor site allows for later transfer at bedside. Ten patients between January and July of 2006 had skin harvested from their thigh at the time of intestinal transfer and banked at the donor site. Transfer of the graft from donor to recipient site was carried out at bedside between the third and eighth postoperative day with sedation and analgesia. Elevation of the graft was well tolerated and take was over 95% in all cases without related complications. At follow-up between 5 and 12 months all grafts had healed. This is a reliable technique for skin storage in diverse clinical applications or when traditional skin banking cannot be performed because of tissue banking regulations.

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“…11 Multiple methods of skin storage mediums and methods have been investigated. [12][13][14][15] This has lead to the common practice of most large Plastic Surgery units possessing a designated refrigerator for storage of excess graft. An alternative to this in some settings may be patient storage.…”

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Delayed Skin Grafting Utilizing Autologous Banked Tissue

Mardini

Agullo

Salgado

et al. 2009

Annals of Plastic Surgery

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“…Therefore, method for the viable storage of skin is to reduce the temperature hence reduces the metabolic rate of the cells and the nutritional demands and metabolite production (Bravo et al,. 2000;Ge et al, 2010;Robb et al, 2001;Sterne et al, 2000).…”

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Skin Graft Preservation

Ge¹,

Huang²,

Wei³

2011

Skin Grafts - Indications, Applications and Current Research

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“…According to the storage times (0,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17, or 18 min), there were 12 subgroups in the NaCl-F group (from 0 to 17, denoted as NaCl-F-0, NaCl-F-7, NaCl-F-8, etc.) and 13 subgroups in each male group (from 0 to 18, denoted in the above fashion).…”

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Skin Preservation at a Supraphysiologic Temperature and Induction of Epithelial Cysts by Subcutaneous Grafting: Attempts to Simplify Evaluation of Storage Media and of Graft Viability

Macionis¹

2004

Eur Surg Res

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This pilot study used a new experimental rat model designed to explore whether in-depth investigation of the following two questions would be reasonable: (1) Can skin storage media be faster evaluated by storing skin at a supraphysiologic temperature, and (2) can evaluation of skin graft viability be facilitated by subcutaneous grafting leading to production of epithelial cysts from the viable portions of the grafts? The experiment involved skin storage at 47.3°C in saline and in 10% Dextran 40 solution for periods ranging from 0 to 18 min, followed by subcutaneous grafting. The surface area of the resultant epithelial cysts and the cyst-to-graft ratio inversely correlated with storage time, which is in accordance with a well-established analogous relationship involving the rate of graft ‘take’. The skin tended to remain viable longer in Dextran 40 solution, which is consistent with previous studies of low temperature storage demonstrating superiority of high-molecular-weight solutions. The results warrant further investigation of the above issues.

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A qualitative histological assessment of various storage conditions on short term preservation of human split skin grafts

Cited by 24 publications

References 17 publications

Delayed Skin Grafting Utilizing Autologous Banked Tissue

Delayed Skin Grafting Utilizing Autologous Banked Tissue

Skin Graft Preservation

Skin Preservation at a Supraphysiologic Temperature and Induction of Epithelial Cysts by Subcutaneous Grafting: Attempts to Simplify Evaluation of Storage Media and of Graft Viability

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