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A member asked:
When someone has skin reduction surgery, can that be used for skin grafts for others?
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No: Skin can be transplanted in same individual but not in others.
Answered 1/5/2019
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Testing too costly.: In the vast majority of instances the tissues are discarded as medical waste and incinerated. On occasion the tissues may be used in the same individual as a pedicled flap as seen in the tram flap procedure for breast reconstruction. The component tissues can be used as a skin graft or the fat can be harvested and used for breast or buttock augmentation only in same or identical twin
Answered 8/6/2014
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