Dermal allograft plus autologous epidermal graft: Evaluation of two different techniques in chronic, nonhealing leg ulcers

Wounds

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 91-96

  Pianigiani, Elisa ^a,c   Di Simplicio, Francesca Cherubini ^a   Ierardi, Francesca ^a   Taddeucci, Paolo ^a   Andreassi, Andrea ^b   Perotti, Roberto ^a   Biagioli, Maurizio ^a   Fimiani, Michele ^a  

^a Dept Dermatol Skin Bank of Siena ^*  (Italy)

^b General Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DERMIS; EPITHELIZATION; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATINOCYTE; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REEPITHELIZATION TECHNIQUE; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; SKIN AUTOGRAFT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN EPITHELIUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 1842734486     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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