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1999, Number 3

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Cir Plast 1999; 9 (3)

Therapy of full-thickness burns with meshed autografts covered with frozen human allograft epidermal cultures. A case report

Sosa-Serrano AFJ, Álvarez-Díaz CJ, Cuenca-Pardo J, Juárez-Aguilar E, Kuri-Harcuc W

Language: Spanish
References: 16
Page: 126-129
PDF size: 156.42 Kb.


ABSTRACT

It has been demonstrated that cultured human allogeneic epidermal sheets promote faster epithelization of burns. Treatment of a 3 year-old girl with full-thickness burns over 46 percent of her body with 6 to 1 meshed autografts and donor sites, covered with frozen allografts epidermal cultures is discussed. With this combined therapy total epithelization of the wounds healed 29 days after the beginning of the treatment. The use of cultured allografts combined with conventional therapy reduces the time required to complete wound re-epithelization and therefore they reduce the time patients have to stay in hospital. Moreover, prompt availability and the ease of use of these frozen cultures make this resource an excellent complement in the burn patient therapy.


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