The use of a dermal regeneration template (Integra) for acute resurfacing and reconstruction of defects created by excision of giant hairy nevi

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 162-168

  Abai, Babak ^a,b   Thayer, Dena ^a,b   Glat, Paul M ^a,b  

^a St Christopher's Hosp for Children ^*

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; POLYSILOXANE; BIOMATERIAL; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; COLLAGEN; INTEGRA ARTIFICIAL SKIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DERMAL REGENERATIVE TEMPLATE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DONOR SITE; DONOR SITE MORBIDITY; FEMALE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GIANT HAIRY NEVUS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IMPLANT; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; NEVUS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE LAYER DETACHMENT; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND; WOUND DEFECT; WOUND HEALING; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PLASTIC SURGERY; REGENERATION; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHILD; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGENERATION; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 3142760257     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000129078.41960.92     Document Type: Article

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