Use of in vitro reconstructed skin to cover skin flap donor site

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-148

  Li, Hui ^a,b   Berthod, François ^a,b   Xu, Wen ^a,b   Damour, Odile ^c   Germain, Lucie ^a,b   Auger, François A ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Collagen sponge; Fibroblasts; Keratinocytes; Reconstructive surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN GEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DONOR SITE; EPIDERMIS; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN AUTOGRAFT; SKIN FLAP; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031425446     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1997.5229     Document Type: Article

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