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New Preservative Medium for Storage of Skin Graft

Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Barath Kumar Singh. P, Jacob Antony Chakiath

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RFP Journal of Dermatology 8(1):p 21-23, January – June 2023. | DOI: N/A

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Singh PBK, Chittoria RK, et al. New Preservative Medium for Storage of Skin Graft. RFP J Dermatol. 2023;8(1):21–23.

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Received : November 23, 2022         Accepted : December 28, 2022          Published : June 30, 2023

Abstract

Preserved skin grafts can either be used in staged reconstructive procedures as autografts or for temporary coverage of wounds as allografts. Although several nutrient media and techniques have been developed for storage, the conventional method of preservation is wrapping the graft in a normal saline soaked sterile gauze and refrigerating this material in a sterile container at +4o C. As normal saline contains only certain electrolytes and nothing more, it is far from physiological. For that reason, saline stored skin grafts lose some of their viability in a short period of time and become edematous. In this study we have compared viability of skin grafts stored using autologous platelet rich plasma with that of grafts stored using normal saline alone.

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Singh PBK, Chittoria RK, et al. New Preservative Medium for Storage of Skin Graft. RFP J Dermatol. 2023;8(1):21–23.

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November 23, 2022 December 28, 2022 June 30, 2023
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PreservativeMediumStorageSkin Graft

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Received November 23, 2022
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