Split skin graft application over an integrating, biodegradable temporizing polymer matrix: immediate and delayed

• Published in: Journal of burn care & research Vol. 33; no. 1; p. 7
• Main Authors: Greenwood, John Edward, Dearman, Bronwyn Louise
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.2012
• Subjects: Absorbable Implants; Animals; Combined Modality Therapy; Debridement - methods; Disease Models, Animal; Follow-Up Studies; Graft Survival; Immunohistochemistry; Pilot Projects; Polymers - therapeutic use; Random Allocation; Regeneration - physiology; Risk Assessment; Skin Transplantation - methods; Skin, Artificial; Sus scrofa; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Wound Healing - physiology; Wounds and Injuries - pathology; Wounds and Injuries - surgery

The objective of this study is to further investigate the NovoSorb™ biodegradable polyurethane in generating dermal scaffolds; to perform a pilot study comparing the previously used spun mat against a recently developed NovoSorb™ foam, ascertaining the optimum structure of the matrix; and to evaluat...