The Use of Acellular Urinary Bladder Matrix As Coverage for Fasciocutaneous Free Flap Donor Sites: An Alternative to Traditional Grafting Procedures

Use of Porcine Urinary Bladder Matrix in Socket Reconstruction After Pediatric Orbital Exenteration

“…Previous reports have shown porcine UBM to allow full wound epithelialization as soon as 5 to 8 weeks postoperatively. 14 Additionally, as the authors have previously mentioned, spontaneous granulation of an exenterated socket can take around 5 months. 2,8 In this case, the process was longer, with anterior socket epithelialization noted between 14 to 17 weeks, and complete socket epithelialization seen at 27 weeks.…”

Utility of decellularised urinary bladder extracellular matrix in full mucosalisation of a post-oncological maxillectomy defect

“…[5][6][7] Moreover, the physicochemical properties of UBM offer attachment sites for cell surface receptors and a reservoir for signalling factors that modulate various wound healing processes, such as angiogenesis, cell migration, and proliferation. 3,5,8 In conclusion, we have described a novel application of the use of a commerciallyavailable decellularised urinary bladder extracellular matrix in the reconstruction of a post-oncological maxillectomy defect creating a prosthetically favourable site for dental rehabilitation and also without the dependence of a patient on a prosthetic obturator due to the absence of an oroantral fistula.…”