Burns
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 46-48, February 1998

Autologous skin banking

  • R. Sheridan

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence should be addressed to: R. L. Sheridan, md, Assistant Chief of Staff, Shriners Burns Institute Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Tel.: 617-371-4713; Fax: 617-396-8936
    • Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Shriners Burns Institute, Boston, USA
    • ,
  • J. Mahe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Shriners Burns Institute, Boston, USA
    • ,
  • P. Walters

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Shriners Burns Institute, Boston, USA

Accepted 13 May 1997.

Abstract 

Small amounts of excess autograft are commonly harvested during burn procedures, and typically these are discarded. However, the resources of a local skin bank may be used to preserve this tissue for a later autologous use. This has been a routine practice in our institution and we feel that it has impacted favorably on patient care. In this paper we report 42 consecutive applications of autologous frozen skin and illustrate the technique with a case report.

Keywords: Burns, Skin bank, Allograft, Transplantation

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PII: S0305-4179(98)00051-5

doi:10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00051-5

Burns
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 46-48, February 1998

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