The survival of human skin stored by refrigeration at 4°C in McCoy's 5A medium: Does oxygenation of the medium improve storage time?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 78-83

  DeBono, R ^a,b   Rao, G S ^a   Berry, R B ^a  

^a Sunderland General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b 48 Red Courts ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUFFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; MINERAL; OXYGEN; PRESERVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VITAMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FREEZING; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

AGED; AMINO ACIDS; BURNS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLD; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FACIAL INJURIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MINERALS; NECROSIS; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; PENICILLINS; REFRIGERATION; REOPERATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE SURVIVAL; VITAMINS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031744779     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199807000-00012     Document Type: Article

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